On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

We are one America. If we work together across party lines, there's no problem we can't solve and the 21st century will be America's greatest century.

We need a President that all Americans can respect, not a celebrity who uses words like freedom and liberty like they are a punchline in a reality show.

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.

You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.

But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.

I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.