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.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.

It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.

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

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.