Andrew Cuomo

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.

Former President Shimon Peres was a leader and a statesman, and an especially wonderful friend to all of us. He will be missed dearly.

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.

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.

I\'m not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

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.

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.

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.

If I get sued for keeping people safe and getting people in from the cold because they were endangering themselves, then so be it.

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.

Fear has never built a community. And fear will never build a nation.

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.

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.

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.

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing.

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 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.

We don\'t hand anyone anything in the Democratic Party.

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.

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.

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.

I believe in $15 as a minimum wage.

\'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.

I don\'t think bonuses are always bad.

This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.

You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I\'m angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

I\'m not going to raise taxes; I\'m not going to have a wage increase for public employees.