We've been living through this massive transformation where those predictable pathways have really eroded.

There is a generational shift. Parents want to blend a child-centered life with an adult-centered life. They see the city as a place to stay rather than to leave.

Mental illness existed in America 200 or 300 years ago, only under a different name. We've developed a wider array of behaviors that we now term mental illness.

It's not like somebody opened a drawer. That's not the scenario here. This is a 10-ounce baby on a morgue stretcher.

I think punting this issue to the Arts Commission is the fairest way of doing this at this point,

It's no more acceptable to lose CBGB than Radio City Music Hall,