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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

Neighborhoods and communities are complex organisms that will be resilient only if they are healthy along a number of interrelated dimensions, much as a human body cannot be healthy without adequate air, water, rest, and food.

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.

Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.

If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.

Neighborhoods change. In some ways, it's part of the beauty of New York City. It's in a constant state of flux.

All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise.

Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.

We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.