We are the epicenter of the crisis and too often we're fighting this battle alone. We haven't hesitated. We need the Federal Government to do the same.

Mr. President, when the airline industry was in trouble you gave them $58 billion. But when cities and states are pleading for help you're silent. The world is watching. Say the word and the Senate will act. Without aid, our city won't recover — and neither will the country.

This crisis is like nothing we've ever seen. No one knows how this will go but we CAN say that this crisis has an end point.

Are New Yorkers strong enough, tough enough and resilient enough to get to that point? The answer is yes.

And I have no doubt we'll make it.