Explore Quotes by Andrew Cuomo

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.

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.

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.

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

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.

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

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.

Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.

I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

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.