Andrew Cuomo Government Quotations

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.

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

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

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me

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

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.

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