I had not known that but it makes me like him even more :-)
Newsmax | Excerpt:Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat, whom Giuliani branded as terrorists, were banned from the functions. Arafat tried to force the issue by breaking the ban and showing at Lincoln Center. The Palestinian leader was confronted by NYC officials and left shortly after the concert began. But Castro, always looking to one up his Yankee hosts, went to Riverside Church, on the Upper West Side to deliver a rambling address to supporters.