The people really are what make New York City great.

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• David Dinkins:

  Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world.

• David Dinkins:

  The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New Yo

• 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