"As FDR said, 'Democracy has disappeared in several other great nations, not because the people dislike democracy, but because they had grown tired of unemployment and insecurity...'"
"I will fight for a city that works for you, that is affordable for you, that is safe for you."
"Tonight we made history."
"I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City."
"Is it going to be a party that allows its elections to be bought by corporations and billionaires, the same ones that funded Donald Trump's return to the White House?"
"Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani's night, and he put together a great campaign."
"This race is one way in which we can show that we can actually deliver a city that New Yorkers can afford, and we can do so by building a movement the city has never seen before."
"Democrats are tired of being told by leaders from the past that we should continue to simply wait our turn."
"He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment."
"Defund the police are the three dumbest words ever uttered in politics."
"Today, eight months after launching this campaign with the vision of a city that every New Yorker could afford, we have won."
"I will be the mayor for every New Yorker."
"Let’s send Andrew Cuomo… Back to the suburbs."
"Affordability is the crisis of the five boroughs across our city, where we live in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, and yet one in four New Yorkers are living..."
"Tonight is his night. He deserved it."
"They want to go further left. My argument is no, we lost because we were too far left."
"Andrew Cuomo's campaign is a house of cards. The two strongest progressive campaigns can topple him, and that's exactly what we're going to do."
"I cannot promise that you will always agree with me. But I will never hide from you."
