"It positions him once again in the mainstream of the party," said Mitchell Moss, a political scientist at New York University.

"That's why we have so many people bidding," said Mitchell Moss, professor of urban planning at New York University.

One person who thinks so is Mitchell Moss, a political scientist at New York University.

"They've got to reorganize," said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban planning at New York University.

"If you want to play ball, you have to get your uniform dirty," said Mitchell Moss, one of his advisers.

"This is certainly a high-risk investment for both the city and the state," said Mitchell Moss, director of New York University's urban research center.

"There is some natural benefit because they have different strengths," said Mitchell Moss, a professor at New York University.

"He is very big on this 'make a promise, keep a promise' thing," said Mitchell Moss, an informal adviser.

But one of them, Mitchell Moss, concedes that looking tough on the homeless has political appeal.

"The public sector gives young people responsibility far beyond their experience," Mitchell Moss, director of the school's Urban Research Center, said.