Catherine M. Abate

"I don’t want to believe them, I just don’t want to believe them"

"These are still allegations, I can’t prove or disprove them. I’ll never know the truth. The allegations don’t describe the father I knew."

"I’m flattered that people are thinking about me in that position [borough president], but I like what I’m doing"

"What’s strange is I never told anyone I was interested in the job. In the last six months not a week goes by without someone asking me if I’m running. I ask them, ‘Where did you hear this?’"

"There are a lot of very good people running for this position,"

"I’m not throwing my hat into that ring."

"If Robert Morganthau ever decided not to run again, that is something I would look at"

"I’m not considering running against him. Only if there’s a vacancy. I think he’s saying he’s running — so we could be talking 2009."