"I will then have a position," Mr. Giuliani told a news conference at City Hall.

But he told reporters at City Hall, "I'd much prefer to discuss with him what it is that he has done" before commenting further.

"I don't think he wants to put it off," he told reporters at City Hall.

"We are in a tense situation," Mayor Dinkins told reporters at City Hall yesterday.

"As far as I'm concerned, the campaign started some time ago," the Mayor told reporters at City Hall.

"Government can serve no higher purpose than to protect our children and prepare them for the future," he told a group of 30 supporters at City Hall.

"George is fudging the numbers," Ferrer told reporters at City Hall yesterday.

"Despite what they try to tell you at City Hall," Franks snickered.

"They'll tell you all about it at City Hall."

"You ought to challenge him on that nonsense," the Mayor told reporters at City Hall.