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 think naturally my orientation is from my father.

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 from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

I am against the death penalty.

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