Now, some will insist that city-owned businesses do not work, the government cannot keep up with corporations. My answer to them is simple. I look forward to the competition.

What is New York if not 99.6% of the world stacked against you.

My answer to them is simple. I look forward to the competition.

I can't imagine New York City without bodegas. They represent our hustle and entrepreneurial spirit.

You cannot tell the story of New York without our small businesses.

What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy.

Are you ready to do everything you can to get Claire Valdez to Congress?

The Knicks did not just win for New York City. They won like New York City. What is New York if not your back up against the wall? A dream that feels just out of reach? A rent payment you don't know how you'll ever make. What is New York…

As the Knicks kept winning, our city has come together as one," he said. "Neighbours invited neighbours over. Strangers high fived one another in the street, subway conductors sang their announcements, and bus drivers danced behind the…

This is the team. This is our year. It’s up to all of us to get them over the finish line.

For as long as we live, we will remember this feeling of a city together, a city alive, a city overcome by happiness.

So often, when this city comes together, it is because we are forced to by a moment of tragedy or adversity. What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy.