A biography for Andrew Cuomohasn’t been written yet.
“Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.”
“I don't think bonuses are always bad.”
“Very few people go into politics to be reviled.”
“I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.”
“I'm governor of New York.”
“I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.”
“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.”
“I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.”
“As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?”
“The other states look to New York for the progressive direction.”
“You don't build walls; you build bridges between people.”
“I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.”
“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.”
“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 sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party.”
“I am against the death penalty.”
“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.”
“The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.”
“I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.”
“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.”