Andrew Cuomo Quotes (33 Quotes)

showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.

Pine Ridge is simply the poorest census tract in the nation, ... The main business on the reservation is a gas station. All of the housing is HUD housing, Indian housing, which is in many cases deplorable.

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

What makes you say that a guy who has been on the street for five years and is a heroin addict is any more needy than a woman who is being beaten nightly in front of her children

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.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

need affordable housing. Why Because the strong economy actually drives up rents and those people who are at the bottom of the income spectrum or on fixed incomes can't afford the rents.

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.

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.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.

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.

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?

Politically, this is a tremendous shot in the arm for the campaign.

Cuts that Congress is considering to HUD's budget would deprive 97,000 people of jobs, 156,000 families of affordable housing and 16,000 families and individuals who are homeless or who have AIDS of vital housing assistance, ... At a time of unprecedented national prosperity, Congress shouldn't rob the poorest Americans to provide reckless tax cuts and create a new deficit.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

Now the question becomes, who is going to get something done Who is going to achieve results All right, now everybody wants to get it done. Who are we going to bet on to actually get it done And that's where we say look at the past 20 years, who actually

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

If mortgage brokers have nothing to hide, they have nothing to lose by signing this contract. If they don't sign the contract we will presume there is a violation of the law,

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.

Even in a city like New York, we talk about opening housing and diversity and access to housing, but it is a major problem. It's gonna be one of my priorities as the attorney general.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

It didn't take long for people to figure out that this was a way to scam the system,

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'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.

This will take the key programs at HUD and cut them from last year's level, ... I can't even fathom the logic of that.

When you start to have one or two homes to come back, it starts to develop an energy in the community,

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

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.

I am against the death penalty.

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.

If you're a friend to the working people of New York, and you're a friend to the labor movement, then raise the minimum wage,