The Health Commissioner has given us good advice. It's smarter to keep the COVID patients separate. You don't want a person who goes into a hospital with one situation developing COVID because they happened to be exposed.
— Andrew Cuomo
I will take personal responsibility for transporting the 20,000 ventilators anywhere in this country that they want, once we are past our apex. But don't leave them sitting in a stockpile, and say well we're going to wait and see how we allocate them across the country.
We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.
If you go from $7 to $15 in a very short period of time, potentially that could have a negative effect on some economies because that is a very big jump. And you're saying to businesses that employ a large number of minimum wage workers, your payroll is basically going to double. That could have a negative impact. It would have to be studied.
Fear has never built a community. And fear will never build a nation.
Former President Shimon Peres was a leader and a statesman, and an especially wonderful friend to all of us. He will be missed dearly.
You don't build walls; you build bridges between people.
It's a matter of opinion on many of these issues, and there's no right or wrong. That's why we have elections; that's why we have debates. Donald Trump thinks one thing. Hillary Clinton thinks another thing.
During Hurricane Sandy, we expended billions and billions of dollars, literally. In the handling of the emergency and the construction and the aftermath, trying to get people to come back to the affected communities. So I'm very proud of what the state did.
When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.
If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.
Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.
I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now.
I don't think bonuses are always bad.
There is energy and power in a crisis.
A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.
What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.
I'm tired of being behind this virus. We've been behind this virus from day one. We underestimated this virus. It's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected.
Let's help each other. New York, because New York is first. And then after New York, and after the curve breaks in New York, let's all rush to whoever's second. And then let's all rush to whoever's third. And let's learn from each other and help each other.
We don't hand anyone anything in the Democratic Party.
When you become president, they don't give you a magic wand that you wave. You have to get legislation passed. You have to get agencies to run programs.
Fear has never educated a child. Fear has never built a home.
ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.
'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.
Some people don't support economic development. There are people in the Assembly who say there is no economic development possible; leave it to the private sector.
If I get sued for keeping people safe and getting people in from the cold because they were endangering themselves, then so be it.
People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.
I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.
Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.
I am the government.
People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.
I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.
I worked in the Clinton administration.
This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.
If you ask the American people to choose, between public health and the economy, then it's no contest. No American is going to say, accelerate the economy, at the cost of human life. Because no American is going to say how much a life is worth. Job one has to be save lives. That has to be the priority.
Some states are doing better than others. Some states naturally have stronger economies. So it's not as simple as saying, 'Let's go to $15.' If you do it wrong, you can hurt the very people you're trying to help.
I think Hillary Clinton is going to do very well in New York, because there's one basic advantage. New Yorkers know Hillary Clinton. She was here for senator. We've seen her work. We've seen her performance.
Fear is a powerful weapon. It can excite and motivate, and it can get people to yell and to scream. But fear has never created a job.
I believe it is actually fomenting the growth of ISIL; Donald Trump could be a recruitment poster for ISIL because he is fanning the flames of hate.
You add one million citizens to the voting rolls in this state, that's a significant, significant difference. You do that nationwide, it's a significant difference.
I believe in $15 as a minimum wage.
I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
I'm going to change everything you believe about HUD.
Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.
To be clear... no one is above the law.
I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.
I'm very big on focus.
Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
