If you don't evaluate your programs, you can't make smart decisions. You're just throwing money at an issue without any clue whether you're getting any bang for your buck.

We have three others in the stable, but he was tops. He always finished in the money.

They can do whatever they want to with it. It's their money. For these youngsters, it's no different than the youngsters that play football and win the state championship. ... They have been selected as the very best in what they do.

We did not want one youngster to receive that much money. We felt it was becoming out of proportion.

It doesn't seem to matter that this country is swimming in grossly overbuilt retail space. Retailers have become bolder with their requests [for public money].

If you take out New York City, New York State's economy is right down there with Mississippi and Louisiana. We need more reinvestment in people not corporate investment disguised as redevelopment.