Top 114 Quotes & Sayings by Andrew Cuomo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Andrew Cuomo.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position that his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms. In 2021, Cuomo resigned from office amidst numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. At the time of his resignation, he was the longest-serving governor in the United States still in position.

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. — © Andrew Cuomo
I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.
Marriage equality changed life for people.
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.
You don't build walls; you build bridges between people.
Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.
The other states look to New York for the progressive direction.
I think naturally my orientation is from my father.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.
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.
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long. — © Andrew Cuomo
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.
If I'm breathing in 2016, I'll be happy.
I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.
I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.
I haven't lost my head yet.
I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.
There is energy and power in a crisis.
Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.
The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.
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 discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.
It's troubling for me as a Catholic to be at odds with the church.
I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.
I worked in the Clinton administration.
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
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 am against the death penalty.
Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.
I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
I'm sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party. — © Andrew Cuomo
I'm sort of the Antichrist to the Conservative Party.
I never thought I would be divorced.
I'm governor of New York.
It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.
What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.
Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.
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.
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.
I am the government.
Very few people go into politics to be reviled.
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
You can be a lender who wants to compete and have a better product, but you just can't get to the students. The schools are controlling the access to the students.
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. — © Andrew Cuomo
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.
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.
If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.
I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.
I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.
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.
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?
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.
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