Our young people who have asthma will not be exposed to the same sorts of toxic substances in our schools, |
The mayor won an enormous political victory. But since he didn't lay out specific grand plans I still think if he wants to implement new grand plans he's going to have to convince people they're a good idea - because people certainly didn't endorse those new grand plans during this election. |
The reduction from 21.6 to 21.3 is not a reduction that means much of anything. It's glacial. I've never met .3 of a child. We need to reduce the class size from approximately 22 down to 17. |
Unless he wants to make Portland the sixth borough, this seems to be the opposite of bringing jobs to middle-class New Yorkers, |
We can do a lot better in this city. We need leadership that's going to stand up and fight for urban areas across this country. |
We have a president and a federal government that have abandoned our cities. |
We need to focus on schools; the overcrowding issues that are a big problem here in Queens, and the lack of supplies and teachers, but also take responsibility for the children outside the public school system, ... We need to make nurses available for parochial schools, yeshivas and other secular institutions, as well as provide funding for computers and software. |
We've complied with every rule and regulation of the Campaign Finance Board, and we've documented and disclosed every nickel that we've spent — unlike this mayor. |
What I've learned from working in New York politics is that the race is either really obvious, or too close to call, ... And this race is too close to call. |
When New Yorkers return to their cars on Sunday and don't find a parking ticket, they can thank God... but they shouldn't thank Mike Bloomberg, |
When you look at the priorities he has put forward you have to ask the question: Is that it? ... I believe there are more important issues facing the city. |
You never know until people vote. It's discouraging to see the polls where they are. But we're still holding out hope. |