Instead of playing politics with the shutdown, President Trump should be working on bipartisan solutions to lower Americans' costs and create jobs.

angry if Democrats in the Senate ended up voting with Republicans to approve the GOP-crafted funding bill.

People are going to die. Nobody cares about some election years from now. They care about if their kids can get insulin, if they can put food on the table.

It's the dumbing down of politics, Kristen, you know. You can say whatever you want and ... fact doesn't matter.

The tent isn't that big.

That’s what a partnership with Washington looks like as we’re standing here. We’ve done our part. We’re ready to build. It’s underway.

The bad news just keeps coming.

No injuries or deaths were reported in the collapse of the chimney

The Trump administration is targeting the jobs, thousands of jobs of hard-working Americans. Working-class Americans and blue collar Americans will lose the ability to work at the Second Avenue Subway site or at the other project that has…

As we’ve done before when Washington’s dysfunction has shut down the government, New York will step up and ensure the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island remain open for the world to look to for strength and hope during this tumultuous time.

And now we realize that they’ve decided to put their own interpretation of proper culture ahead of our needs, the needs of a nation.

the shutdown could go away very quickly.

We are extremely fortunate

And we say in the words of (former Mayor Michael) Bloomberg, when I became mayor: ‘Don’t f–k it up.'

Washington Republicans have already cut billions from health care, public safety and food assistance for New Yorkers – and now their cruel, senseless cuts are sending us spiraling toward a federal shutdown that will harm workers, small…

My decision doesn’t change the impact. I sincerely ask for your understanding.

We could have done better and for that I’m truly sorry.

However, I recognize some of those decisions caused pain in the Jewish community because we did not always fully consider the sensitivities and traditions that are so deeply important.