The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.
ANDREW CUOMOFight as hard as you can, and then understand there’s going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
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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.
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I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.
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I haven’t lost my head yet.
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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
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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
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People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.
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I’m a harsh critic of the status quo.
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It’s time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.
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I never thought I would be divorced.
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I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.
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Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.
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Lesson from Pataki’s success is: Use the political moment.
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To be clear no one is above the law.
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Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there’s going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
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There’s no such thing as a 100-year flood.
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We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.
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New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.
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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.
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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.
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Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
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I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
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I think there’s a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
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People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.
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As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
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A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.
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