Anything Quote by Ed Koch

I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not…

— Jonathan Levine

Rudy Giuliani did some phenomenal things in the city if you think of the transformation of the city and the quality of life.

— Joe Lhota

Rudy Giuliani was a great mayor and a great leader, but he has turned into an unmitigated - and now, it seems, unethical -…

— Steve Hilton

Big city mayors don't play well with voters outside their city anymore. Just ask John Lindsay, Ed Koch, Kevin White, Tom Bradley, Dick Riordon.…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a…

— Mark Skousen

Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job…

— Bill de Blasio

The truth is a mayor can actually do very little to alter the course of a huge city run by the free market that…

— A. A. Gill

Bill de Blasio, for his part, became the mayor of New York, surely the most powerful local political position in the nation, and arguably…

— Michael Wolff

Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away…

— Donald Trump

Mr. Giuliani's liabilities as a G.O.P. candidate were obvious. There was his well-documented history of cultural liberalism - on abortion, gay rights, immigration and…

— Steve Kornacki

Throughout his career, Bloomberg has repeatedly shown blatant disrespect for individual rights and civil liberties. The first thing that comes to mind is probably…

— Kat Timpf

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for…

— George W. Bush