"It would be an honor to have them."
"In fact, we love federal workers. Whatever your skills, we value public service."
"New York hasn't labored under a king in over 250 years. We are not – we sure as hell are not going to start now."
"I am going by what the perception could be."
"I cannot let the integrity of the administration in the city of New York be undermined by perception that the Trump administration actually created."
"We're not going to sit idly by and let our rights be attacked."
"They do not tell us in New York what to do, nor does Washington when it comes to policies that we believe are going to reduce congestion."
"As long as there's the faith of New Yorkers that has been undermined by what the Trump administration doing is trying to give the appearance of holding the city hostage."
"I must be the firewall to stop that."
"we are not allowing the Trump administration to interfere in the operations of our city."
"I have a problem with that characterization, because we labored under a king 250 years ago, and as I said, we're not going back there."