New York mayors have traditionally supported gun control measures, even on a national stage.

All New York mayors regard themselves as ambassadors to everywhere.

For New York mayors seeking re-election, crime can be a decisive issue.

So who is this guy, who wants to be in our faces longer than any New York mayor can hold office?

He became a labor-management expert who served under seven New York mayors.

No New York mayor will ever get a gold medal from a grateful populace.

"New York mayors often refuse to back off, and that also creates some interest, so it is a two-edged dynamic."

But he would be the first New York mayor in 95 years to serve without having held previous elective office.

Two truths about New York mayors and governors have endured for most of this century.

There's never been a woman anything in New York, governor, senator, mayor.