Matthew Maguire York Quotations

People vote with their feet. We think that's telling. All of our economic policy decisions in the foreseeable future should be made with an eye toward improving that figure. We can't sit back while New York morphs from the Empire State into the emptying state.

There is growing concern about the quality of education available in our public schools especially for less fortunate New Yorkers, and there is also greater interest in choice. New York pays top dollar for what tends to be middle-of-the-pack performance ... and they are getting tired of it.

Although the governor has proposed putting a dent in the difference between New York and other states, even if workers comp reform and tax cuts were enacted tomorrow, it's going to take time for the benefits to flow. Unfortunately, a job growth projection behind the nation's rate seems realistic.

There is no way you can argue anything New York has done at any level has held property taxes down.

New York state has a lot of charms, but it's naive to think other states don't have their own charms. New York has been making that naive mistake for too long and our population numbers prove it.