Andrew Cuomo Quotes

A collection of quotes by Andrew Cuomo.

Andrew Cuomo is an American politician serving as the 56th governor of New York since January 2011. Born on December 6, 1957, in Queens, New York City, Cuomo is a member of the Democratic Party. He comes from a political family, as his father, Mario Cuomo, served as the governor of New York from 1983 to 1994.

Cuomo began his career in public service as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. He later worked as an advisor to his father during his governorship and then served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. After that, he pursued a career in law and served as the Attorney General of New York from 2007 to 2010.

As governor, Cuomo has focused on various policy areas, including economic development, infrastructure, education, and environmental conservation. He gained national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 for his daily press briefings and management of the crisis in New York, which was one of the hardest-hit states in the United States.

Throughout his political career, Cuomo has been known for his forceful and tenacious leadership style, often described as direct and determined. He has won several awards for his work, including the International Emmy Founders Award for his COVID-19 briefings. However, his governorship has faced criticism and controversy, particularly regarding ethics, sexual harassment allegations, and his handling of nursing home COVID-19 cases.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustr

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politic

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.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists b

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails,

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.

I am the government.

I am the government.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I unde

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?

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.'

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.

Marriage equality changed life for people.

Marriage equality changed life for people.

The need to understand prescription information can literall

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is wor

I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shat

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, a

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard i

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.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but

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.

New York State is upside down and backwards high taxes and l

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.

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

One also hears a great deal about how this awful joint tenur

One also hears a great deal about how this awful joint tenure of the executive mansion was a good thing in that it conferred 'experience' on the despised and much-deceived wife. Well, the main 'experience' involved the comprehensive fouling-up of the nation's health-care arrangements, so as to make them considerably worse than they had been before and to create an opening for the worst-of-all-worlds option of the so-called HMO, combining as it did the maximum of capitalist gouging with the maximum of socialistic bureaucracy. This abysmal outcome, forgiven for no reason that I can perceive, was the individual responsibility of the woman who now seems to think it entitles her to the presidency.

Christopher Hitchens