The mayor has an ambitious agenda for his second term. Public safety, education, housing, economic development, health care are going to be top priorities.

The mayor has cultivated relationships with people in order to advance New York City's agenda in Washington and Albany, and he has been willing to use his own money in that effort.

The mayor has known Bill Clinton for years. The encounter today gave them a chance to catch up.

The city isn't obligated to permit an event on a public street that encourages the vandalism of subway cars in the name of selling T-shirts and video games.

He's not the complacent type. He is going to govern to make a difference.

Noise is the No. 1 quality-of-life complaint in the city. And this comprehensive overhaul of the noise code would make the city more livable.

That's 69 guys who are going to jail someday and don't even know it yet.

The remarks were offensive and the mayor is satisfied that the chaplain has resigned.

A lot of interesting ideas are being circulated, and the mayor is exploring all of them.

Commissioner Mattingly has the mayor's full confidence. You don't dismiss a dedicated, experienced professional in a knee-jerk reaction to appease an editorial board.