I believe it has the right to exist as a state with equal rights.
On the record
Big-City Mayors
Quotes from the mayors of America's largest cities — current and former.
Current mayors
KS-IJohn BaconKansas
CA-DKaren BassCalifornia1,185 Quotes
NVShelley BerkleyNevada77 Quotes
HIRick BlangiardiHawaii
DC-DMuriel BowserDistrict of Columbia141 Quotes
FLJane CastorFlorida2 Quotes
NCJanet CowellNorth Carolina1 Quote
TX-IJohn Cowen Jr.Texas
FLDonna DeeganFlorida
GAAndre DickensGeorgia18 Quotes
VABobby DyerVirginia2 Quotes
CAJerry DyerCalifornia
AZMark FreemanArizona
MNJacob FreyMinnesota60 Quotes
TX-IGeorge FullerTexas
AZKate GallegoArizona4 Quotes
OHAndrew GintherOhio2 Quotes
CATodd GloriaCalifornia1 Quote
CAKaren GohCalifornia
KYCraig GreenbergKentucky6 Quotes
FLEileen HigginsFlorida7 Quotes
INJoe HogsettIndiana3 Quotes
OKDavid HoltOklahoma7 Quotes
IL-DBrandon JohnsonIllinois159 Quotes
WICavalier JohnsonWisconsin5 Quotes
TXEric JohnsonTexas6 Quotes
TXRenard JohnsonTexas
TXGina Ortiz JonesTexas12 Quotes
NMTim KellerNew Mexico4 Quotes
CA-DBarbara LeeCalifornia497 Quotes
MOQuinton LucasMissouri7 Quotes
CADaniel LurieCalifornia11 Quotes
NCVi LylesNorth Carolina5 Quotes
CAMatt MahanCalifornia8 Quotes
NY-DZohran MamdaniNew York814 Quotes
CAKevin McCartyCalifornia8 Quotes
COYemi MoboladeColorado
OKMonroe NicholsOklahoma2 Quotes
TNFreddie O’ConnellTennessee6 Quotes
PACherelle ParkerPennsylvania8 Quotes
TXMattie ParkerTexas
CARex RichardsonCalifornia
AZRegina RomeroArizona
AR-DFrank Scott Jr.Arkansas2 Quotes
MDBrandon ScottMaryland19 Quotes
MIMary SheffieldMichigan3 Quotes
TXKirk WatsonTexas30 Quotes
TXJohn WhitmireTexas5 Quotes
WAKatie WilsonWashington17 Quotes
MA-DMichelle WuMassachusetts88 Quotes
TNPaul YoungTennessee11 Quotes
Former mayors
If we’ve made one thing clear, it’s that we need not choose between freedom and fairness.
To Mr. Cuomo, I have never had to resign in disgrace. I have never cut Medicaid. I have never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA. I have never hounded the 13 women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment. I have never…
To be a democratic socialist means that you are committed to the state providing for people that which is necessary to live a dignified life.
This is a city that we want to ensure does not become a museum or a relic of the working-class people who built it, but rather a living, breathing testament to the continuation of that story.
I know if 50 Cent is listening, he's not going to be happy about this.
And the second is taxing the top 1% of New Yorkers. We're talking about people who make a million dollars a year or more, taxing them just by a flat 2% tax increase.
We're talking about corporations that are making millions of dollars, not in revenue, but in profit.
Ultimately, what he’s having a hard time getting to grips with is that we are exactly where we want to be.
I have never had to resign in disgrace. I have never cut Medicaid. I have never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA... I am not you, Mr. Cuomo.
In our New York, the power belongs to the people.
We are approaching the dawn of a new era in New York City. We are turning the page on the corrupt politics of the past that made this the most expensive city in the United States of America.
What NYC deserves is a mayor who’s proud to run on his record – not one who ran from his record.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
I will fight for a city that works for you, that is affordable for you, that is safe for you.
These are the opinions of only about a dozen New Yorkers. A democracy will be decided by close to a million New Yorkers.
We can be free and we can be fed. We can demand what we deserve.
Today, eight months after launching this campaign with the vision of a city that every New Yorker could afford, we have won.
The directness of our politics requires no translation. Our campaign is driven by a belief that, while there may not be an ideological majority in New York City, there is a majority of New Yorkers who feel left behind by the economic…





