New Yorkers are real gritty and tough.

All terrorism is theater.

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you – sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.

He's innocent and he's looking forward to his day in court.

In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass officers in significant numbers if we had to.

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

At this time, we have no eyewitnesses, ... Anyone with information, we ask them to call.

It's an anniversary. You have to be concerned about it.

It's dangerous to write people off just because they've been arrested.

The threat was very, very specific, ... We had to do what we did.