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.
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.
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now,
I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
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.
We will, quite literally, turn HUD into a department on the move -- able to set up shop anywhere, any time to serve anyone who can benefit by our programs,
New York thrives because of the hardworking men and women who labor each and every day. They deserve their fair share and more after sweating to make ends meet for their families.
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development
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Politically, this is a tremendous shot in the arm for the campaign.
The senior advisers to the president would recommend a veto on this bill, ... My voice would join those of the other senior advisers. I could not recommend more vehemently that the president should veto this bill if it's passed in its current form.