Sayings
Eight quotations, each verbatim, each with its published venue and date. Nothing invented, nothing paraphrased as quotation.
“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”
Inaugural address, City Hall steps, January 1, 2026.
Source: beaconjournal reporting on the inaugural address, January 2026; also reported by worldinfonews.
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try to those who insist that the era of big government is over.”
Inaugural address, City Hall steps, January 1, 2026.
Source: beaconjournal reporting on the inaugural address, January 2026.
“The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family because we will provide universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few.”
Inaugural address, City Hall steps, January 1, 2026.
Source: WCBM reporting on the inaugural address, January 2026.
“If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor.”
Inaugural address, City Hall steps, January 1, 2026.
Source: worldinfonews reporting on the inaugural address, January 2026.
“My friends we have toppled a political dynasty.”
Victory speech, November 4, 2025, after winning the general election.
Source: The City Reporter, November 4, 2025.
“I’m honored and humbled by the trust placed in me by the voters of Astoria. But the movement you helped us build can’t end here. It has to last beyond any one election or any one candidate.”
Statement after winning the 2020 Democratic primary for Assembly District 36.
Source: Queens Daily Eagle, July 2020.
“We’re making what Wall Street would call a good investment.”
Announcing the “2K” universal childcare program with Governor Kathy Hochul, March 3, 2026.
Source: Reuters (via SRN News), March 3, 2026.
“This is the relief that working people across our city deserve.”
After the Rent Guidelines Board’s 7–1 vote for a rent freeze on rent-stabilized leases, June 2026.
Source: tbanewsnetwork reporting, June 2026.
Source notes
- All quotations are verbatim as reported by the cited venues; none are paraphrases presented as quotations.
- The inaugural-address quotations are drawn from multiple outlets’ transcripts of the January 1, 2026 speech (beaconjournal, WCBM, worldinfonews); where wording differs between transcripts, the majority reading is used.
- See methodology for the verbatim-quotation policy and sources for the source list.