A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.
I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
I've worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.
I haven't lost my head yet.
People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.
I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.
Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.
Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
I'm going to change everything you believe about HUD.
There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.
If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.
I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty
I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators
I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.
There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.
Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.
Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.
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