"The Mayor seems to have written off education," she said.

"The Mayor seems to have lost the personal discipline needed to run the city."

The mayor seemed not to hear, plunged as he was in deep thought.

The most surprising thing, in fact, was that the Mayor seemed to have so much time on his hands.

But the Mayor seems to be making such issues the focal point of his second term.

The mayor seems to have learned what it takes to get Albany to listen hard.

Both men laughed, and in the end, the mayor seemed not to take offense.

No matter the crisis, the former mayor seemed to relish being the public face of the city.

Whatever the outcome of the election, the Mayor seems at ease.

"But the Mayor does seem to be into splitting up communities, going after one group or another," she said.