After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.

Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.

When I left, there were over 1 million fewer people on welfare in New York state than when I took office, replacing dependency with opportunity.

What I did in New York was bring people together, an overwhelmingly Democratic state. But I was able to get Democrats to support the most conservative sweeping policy changes in any state in America.