Shirley Chisholm: “Shirley Chisholm said if there is not a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

The situation in New York City is so critical and so important that none of us should let partisan politics stand in our way.

Public service is the rent we pay for space on this Earth.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines whimpering and complaining; you make progress by implementing ideas.

I make that statement proudly, in the full knowledge that, as a black person and a female person, I do not have a chance of actually gaining that office in this election year. I make that statement seriously, knowing that my candidacy…