I did experiment with marijuana when I was a youth.
ANDREW CUOMOI 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 in politics. I’m in government, so nothing surprises me.
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I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
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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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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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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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I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
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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 think there’s a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
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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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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’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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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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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.
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People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.
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Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.
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The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
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I don’t think bonuses are always bad.
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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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If I’m breathing in 2016, I’ll be happy.
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To be clear no one is above the law.
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The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people of New York, but for people all across this nation.
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I don’t know people who don’t say ‘boy, the government is working better now.’
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He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.
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I’m running for governor; I’m not running for a legislative office.
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