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 believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.

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.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

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.

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