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.

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

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.

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.

Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.

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.

I'm going to change everything you believe about HUD.