They're there to observe and to report back on what was said and that's it. That's the appropriate way to act.

That's laughable from someone who put their name on the $400 rebate checks to every New York homeowner.

People don't know who the speaker of the City Council is; they only know who the mayor is. We were always going to have to have things come our way in the end for him to make a runoff.

Ramon Martinez is a senior person with enormous and valuable experience in the Council and in city and federal government.

Everyone understands these are young people dedicated to politics and their candidates.

That attack is laughable -- given that this mayor is sending every New York homeowner a $400 taxpayer-funded check with his name on it right before Election Day.

Gifford felt very strongly that the public should know that the way he was going to pay for it was through gimmicks.