The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.

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• David Dinkins:

  Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the sti

• David Dinkins:

  We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but

• David Dinkins:

  So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which

• David Dinkins:

  But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.

• David Dinkins:

  I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there

• David Dinkins:

  And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

• David Dinkins:

  I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs.

• David Dinkins:

  Children are amazing, and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale, and of course I

• David Dinkins:

  And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.

• David Dinkins:

  Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary