Kathy Hochul

As long as there's the faith of New Yorkers that has been undermined by what the Trump administration doing is trying to give the appearance of holding the city hostage.

I am going by what the perception could be.

What he is doing is they've described it as flooding the zone.

I cannot let the integrity of the administration in the city of New York be undermined by perception that the Trump administration actually created.

We're not going to sit idly by and let our rights be attacked.

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.

I must be the firewall to stop that.

We are a nation of laws, and one individual, the governor of New York, should not use her voice and her will to override the will of the voters.

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

I have a problem with that characterization, because we labored under a king 250 years ago, and as I said, we're not going back there.

Don't think that you can just come in and bully us around and not expect a reaction from governors.

I will always stand on the fact that we are a nation of laws.

What they're trying to do is create this theater of all kinds of activity that is trying to be a distraction to us.

New York hasn't labored under a king in over 250 years. We are not – we sure as hell are not going to start now.

I have serious questions about the long-term future of this mayoral administration.

'We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We'll see you in court.'

We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We'll see you in court.

Instead of taking that step, she would increase oversight of the mayor's office.

I will increase oversight of the mayor's office.

I ordered the firing of 13 officers and a prison nurse who were allegedly involved in the assault.

This is an opportunity to install safeguards that we need to have in place to give people confidence that there’s only one factor in every decision that’s made, and that’s what’s best for the people of the city.

I cannot deny the people of this great city the power to make this decision for themselves.

My strong belief that the will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections preclude me from any other action.

I would never, under any circumstances, extradite the physician.

I call it the Trump revenge tour, and I have to stand in its way.