Fragile Quilt

"New York is unique: a fragile quilt of many cultures, religions, and peoples whose contributions enhance and enlighten us all." 

David Dinkins, A Mayor's Life

Burying New York

Office of Chief Medical Examiner

"They've been burying New York for decades now. They've tried to say New York is dead, but they've never produced a body . . . and they never will."
Timothy Healy, quoted in A Mayor's Life

Gorgeous Mosaic

Ellis Island

"I see New York as a gorgeous mosaic of race and religious faith, of national origin and sexual orientation—of individuals whose families arrived yesterday and generations ago, coming through Ellis Island, or Kennedy Airport, or on Greyhound buses bound for the Port Authority."
David Dinkins, A Mayor's Life