Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

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

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.

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.

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

I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.

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.