The mayor feels so strongly about building new schools that last year he put up the $1.3 billion in school construction funds that the state failed to send us - above and beyond the $1.3 billion for school construction [the city] put up last year. |
The mayor feels that these individuals ran an exceptional campaign, and he wanted to show his appreciation. |
The mayor has a great working relationship with both senators, ... They're a great team in Washington, and he looks forward to continuing to work with them. |
The mayor has reached out to every community, every ethnic group and every New Yorker. |
The mayor is gratified by this public support as he launches an ambitious agenda in a second term to put the city on track for long-term stability and growth, fight for state funds to build new schools, and tackle intractable problems like poverty, AIDS, and diabetes. |
The picture focuses on Brooklyn and Queens, and reinforces our message that Mayor Bloomberg has made all of New York safer, ... We hadn't asked or considered where the photo was taken from, and we don't plan on using it again. |
this mailing is done, and we want different mail pieces to look different. |
This year we are putting in nearly another $1 billion, but New York City taxpayers just can't afford to pay the billions of dollars in the state's share of school construction costs anymore. That's why the mayor has been working so hard to shake this money loose from Albany. |
We did not tell them to do so. |
We didn't instruct our volunteers; we would never encourage our volunteers to mislead a member of the press. We didn't know what they were saying. |
We don't have any further comment. |