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.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

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

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

I haven't lost my head yet.

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

I don't know people who don't say 'boy, the government is working better now.'