1.   Another official said the mayor and his staff failed to fully understand the need to build alliances on the council.

2.   Archdeacon Michael S. Kendall, the housing chairman of the Commission of Religious Leaders of New York City, said the mayor and the governor had been receptive.

3.   A codefendant has said the mayor, then a cop, gave him ammunition for his rifle and instructed him to kill as many blacks as he could.

4.   He also said the mayor and the chancellor appeared to have backed down on their oratory against each other.

5.   It seemed to promise, the mayor said, that one single step could solve urban problems that have been building for generations.

6.   It was a different world then, said the mayor, who was a year old at the time.

7.   Levine said the mayor still considered a casino a good idea, but unrealistic, since it would require changing the state Constitution, a long and difficult process.

8.   Many analysts say the mayor at first acted as best he could, given the social and political nightmare presented by the Diallo shooting.

9.   Nuevo Laredo also needs money to arm its own officers, the mayor said.

10.   Not good enough, said the mayor.