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I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.

I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold.

It is time to put more cops on the beat and remove our most violent repeat offenders from our neighborhood streets.

I probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in the history of this city. And I did it by having to use police officers in black areas where there was an astounding amount of crime. If that crime was in white areas, police officers would be in white areas.

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.