and other issues, this isn't the leadership that new york city needs. >> you were the comptroller for years. does that make you the most qualified? it's all about finance. look at detroit. there are people in new york concerned about the finance. every big city in america is really fragile. >> it isn't just being the former controller of the city of new york, but the former head, the president of the new york city board of education. it's understanding education, it's understanding finance. it's having a background that's brought people together and helped to create consensus. that's leadership. >> we've seen big cities under democratic mayors in this country pick and choose neighborhoods based on resources. what's your philosophy of public education? can you guarantee to the residents of new york city that every neighborhood will count? >> that's my geel, is to make sure that we have quality schools never neighborhood. it's not a pipe dream. it can be done. we have to do it together. i can't be at war with the teachers union. we have to work with them. i need to have the principals