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

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

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.

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

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

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.

We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.