His goal is to make sure that New York comes out on the other side of this financial mess in one piece, and he must take some drastic measures to make it happen.

We are lucky to have a mayor that is not afraid to take bold and unpopular steps in such a hard time.

He does what he thinks is right. He does what he thinks is good for the people.

And if history has anything to say about it, what he thinks is often correct.

Let the man do his job, and stop hating.