Kathy Hochul

I was just trying to appeal to him as a New Yorker, and say, 'This is good for New York.'

This is good for New York.

The federal government might say, ‘You’re fired,’ but here in New York, we say, ‘You’re hired,’

Someone draws first blood, you respond.

The bear’s been poked.

We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king.

Ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom

It would be an honor to have them.

In fact, we love federal workers. Whatever your skills, we value public service.

The federal government might say ‘You’re fired,’ but here in New York, we say ‘You’re hired.’

We will work with you when there's common ground, no doubt about it. Let's build great projects and infrastructure.

I believe we will be victorious in the courts, and this program will continue.

I have to be able to put in safeguards. Of course, everyone says I had the option to remove him. I still hold that option to remove him.

We will not sit idly by and let our rights be attacked.

What he's doing is – they've described it as flooding the zone. They're attacking California when it comes to FEMA dollars. They're filing lawsuits in Illinois. They're going after Maine on this, and they're coming after programs that have…

I respond this way. With all due respect to the state of New Jersey, they do not tell us in New York what to do, nor does Washington, when it comes to policies that we believe are going to reduce congestion.

We have to be smart as Democrats and as leaders and parse through all this and just go do what's right.

We will see you in court.

With all due respect to the state of New Jersey, they do not tell us in New York what to do, nor does Washington.

I have to be the firewall to stop that.

No one else should be able to second-guess us, because that's not how our system of laws and states was set up.

We labored under a king 250 years ago, and, as I said, we're not going back there.

Oh, yes, it's going to the courts, and I believe we will be victorious in the courts, and this program will continue.

I will deal with the internal issues before me without interference from New Jersey or, indeed, the federal government.

We are not allowing the Trump administration to interfere in the operations of our city.