As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
ANDREW CUOMOLesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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I think there’s a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
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Politicians are good listeners. Because if they’re not, they aren’t politicians for very long.
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I haven’t lost my head yet.
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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that’s what I’m doing.
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I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
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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?
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I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.
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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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The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
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There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
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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 women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
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New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.
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I’ve worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.
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He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.
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