Bill Blasio actually said...

"I think it was going to happen, but it took the De Blasio administration for it to happen."

"De Blasio said on the campaign trail that this was a miscarriage of justice and need to be righted."

"I write to express my concerns with the proposal to consolidate the current suite of homeland security grant programs into a single state-administered block and competitive grant program."

"I respect Al Roker a lot. Watched him on TV for many, many years. It's a different thing to run a city than to give the weather on TV. So I am comfortable with our decision making, and we just got off..."