successful terms what are the great challenges for new york city over the next decade? >> you can't rest on your laurels, joe. i was in london a couple of weeks ago. the number of exciting things happening in london is scary for new york and other cities. these guys are pushing ahead. they are trying to new things. they become edgy. we have to make sure we don't the lose the advantages we have. we have done a lot. the city is better than it was. hopefully it will be better in the next few years than it was in the last few years. it's always the same thing. mayors deliver services. congress, federal and state governments reallocate funds and they are never held accountable for a specific thing. you look at the charade going on in washington now. they have shut down the government. yes, except they are rehiring everybody for the defense department. everybody will get paid. so all they really shut down was the revenue side for the government. they didn't shut down the expense side. >> yeah. >> we'll get up to the end, my