America Quote by Eric Adams

A lot of the stories about urban America tend to be written on the margins. We focus a lot on these big global cities…

— Matthew Desmond

Are we prepared to leave our comfort zones to reach a better place?

— Carlos A. Godoy

“How many of us are embracing the comforts of suburban America while we turn a deaf ear to inner cities in need of the…

— David Platt

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.

— Harvey Milk

The strengths of our city historically have been connected to being a home for residents from all backgrounds: immigrant residents, residents who represent a…

— Michelle Wu

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the quality of…

— Harvey Milk

“By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is uncomfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience- if…

— E B White

“We must make the American people hear our Tale of Two Cities. We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two…

— Mario Cuomo

With more than 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, there are still demagogues who want to run down the idea of multiculturalism,…

— David Simon

We have to start encouraging people to step out of their comfort zones and start doing new things. Anything anybody does new, there are…

— Bobby Lashley

“Suburban sprawl has heavily damaged the balance of our cities, divorcing environmental context from design and removing the concept of scale from the creation…

— Avi Friedman

We have a responsibility to address the struggles that New Yorkers are living through.

— Zohran Mamdani