People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
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.
I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
I think there’s a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that’s what I’m doing.
I’m a harsh critic of the status quo.
I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.
I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.
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.
Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.
I don’t think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.
I think naturally my orientation is from my father.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
I am against the death penalty.
It’s time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.