[Fernando Ferrer, the former Bronx borough president, appeared at several black churches yesterday morning and issued a statement calling the Bush administration's response] shocking, inadequate and indefensible. ... we have a president and a federal government that have abandoned our cities. |
[Miller was asked about the defections at the conclusion of an unrelated press conference.] I made my decision in the mayor's race, ... We're not here to talk about the mayor's race. |
Clearly when you're going to run against someone's that's spending $100 million, you're going to have to raise money to be competitive, and I think I've done that, ... I don't worry or focus on what my opponents are doing; I focus on what needs to be done to get my message out of real accomplishments, of real results for real New Yorkers. |
From passing the city's first earned income tax credit to launching the structural unemployment initiative, Gifford has been a forceful advocate in getting results for the most vulnerable New Yorkers, |
I basically committed two years of my life campaigning for candidates, building relationships and supporting people all over the city. |
I know we can do better, |
I think the first thing we have to do is grieve, ... We lost a colleague and a friend. And I think all the members of the council, our staff and his staff, have to join with the members of his family and the rest of the city in mourning his loss. It's a terrible, terrible loss. |
I'm battling a Republican mayor who has no vision of where he wants to take this city, doesn't have any new ideas. |
I'm tired of stopping a Republican mayor from doing the wrong thing. I want a mayor who's going to do the right thing, and that mayor is Freddy Ferrer. |
If we're going to pick somebody to defeat a Republican, we ought to pick somebody who's had success over the last four years in fighting and winning, |
It is not pandering to do something that people want, ... This is a responsible step to give a little relief to New Yorkers, and that is known as good government. |
Look all we want is some guidance on what the rules are and they seem to be changing the rules in the middle of the process and we would just like to know what the rules are. |
My kids are more important to me than my campaign. I'm not going to make it a campaign issue or a campaign promise. |
New Yorkers are getting killed with parking ticket after parking ticket. |
One Democrat for mayor took action to stop the stadium. |