Quotes About Community

You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many other important people here.

All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho.

I've probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in New York City with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years.

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.

I've always loved New York City and the idea of a cultural exchange: the immigrants coming to America.

New York City has no need to move on from 9/11 because, in a sense, it moved on days after, moments after.

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

New York City is a big city but a small city when it comes to theater.

New York City has an integration problem.

I do not like confrontations in New York City.

Amazon's capitulation to those opposed to their expansion in New York City is an epic moment for people power over an enormous corporate bully.

Moving to New York City and playing and listening with the wonderful music community that we have here has really been the guiding force of where I've arrived.

Chicago is like a New York City. It's one of the those older cities. It really means something to fight there.

I grew up on lovely Staten Island, which is the forgotten borough of New York City.

I lived in New York City for six years, and I was always amazed at how diverse everything was.

Excessive stop-and-frisk divides communities. That's why the New York City Police Department has moved away from it.

And what do we love about New York City? We love that everyone's here. We are one of the most diverse cities in the world. And that diversity is racial. It's ethnic, it's linguistic, it's class.

That's the way it was in New York City in the early Seventies, all the artists hung out together.

New York City belongs to the people that was here and made New York City what it is.

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.

Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.