I have been at the New York City marathon several times to watch but this time I'm delighted and excited to be competing myself. The field is very strong.

We had a spectacular first-ever kickoff event last year in New York City to celebrate the resilient spirit of the city and America. We are looking forward to this season's opening game in the nation's capital, which presents a unique opportunity to salute the military and other public servants.

[Getting the truth in the New York Post has been as] difficult as finding a good hamburger in Albania.

We like to think of New York as the nation's most cosmopolitan city, a place in which the independence and freedom and values of art and culture are not questioned by anybody, [as if] that debate is over. But that debate is never really over, and Ground Zero is the perfect way to bring that debate back to the fore, even in New York.

At a time when many New York small businesses are indeed still recovering from the disruptions caused by the attacks of Sept. 11th, these reports of abuse of the STAR program and the profligate use of scarce government resources are indeed inexcusable,

The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.