Marriage equality changed life for people.

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

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.

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 believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

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.

I am the government.

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