Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

If somebody comes out and has a poor game, it doesn't mean they're getting cut.

The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.