There's a reason why it's illegal for public employees to strike in New York. It doesn't just negatively impact our economy. It threatens the health and safety of every single New Yorker.
George Pataki
Related They have broken the trust of the people of New York. They have not only endangered our city and sta... GEORGE PATAKI I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a N... CARL PALADINO The New Yorker is open, just like the New York Yankees are open. All you have to do is hit it over t... BOB MANKOFF The lesson from that is don't let political people decide to make the rebuilding their legacy, as [N... FREDERIC SCHWARTZ just because theres a goalie, doesnt mean you cant score BRADLEY ADAM HENDERSON It's New York. That's why Broadway is in New York, just for shows like this. LEE MIRINGOFF Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is h... ROGER WICKER You can do what you like, sir, but I'll tell you this. New York is the true capital of America. Ever... EDWARD RUTHERFURD No single test, including the new rear impact test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway ... MAX GATES New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone. VANESSA FERLITO They're running someone who is not a New Yorker. Someone who has not paid taxes in New York, someone... GEORGE PATAKI I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm no... DYLAN WALSH 'All In' is like the Giants motto, so I kind of took that, and I kind of used New York as th... TRAVIE MCCOY I lived in New York my whole life. Like every New Yorker, I have stories about spending summers on t... MARISSA JARET WINOKUR I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a Ne... MAGGIE WHEELER Pataki is the governor of New York, after all, and an unannounced candidate for president. If he's o... ELLIS HENICAN Why should anyone else have it easy. Spoken like a true New Yorker. COLSON WHITEHEAD It's still too early for an impact on New York City. If the strike is two days, it's really no big d... EVAN ROURKE A foe is
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and tree Iraqi. O ANNA NIEMUS Illegal immigration has imposed a catastrophic impact on taxpayers and seriously crippled our public... MIKE ANTONOVICH With half of Broadway audiences coming from outside the New York area and Broadway being the No. 1 r... ALAN COHEN Last summer had meant lots of Sam Adams Summer Ale by herself on hot weekend days when it seemed lik... STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Any New Yorker who even thinks of voting for Ted Cruz should have their head examined, Really, here&... PETER T. KING It is just a great pleasure to be here as a New Yorker for St. Patrick's Day, HILLARY CLINTON In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York... TUCKER CARLSON The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part... GARY LOCKE I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a you... MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV The strike is a tidal wave for New York - but at the national level, it ends up being more of a ripp... CARL RICCADONNA We regard terrorism as an evil that threatens the world community. Concerted international effort is... PERVEZ MUSHARRAF We look forward to a productive exchange of views with our lawmakers. The issues that we are bringin... JACK HOFFBUHR As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started h... MOBY What is in the public interest? It is in the public interest to eliminate a threat to public health ... BILL NELSON Killing the West Side stadium gave Shelly Silver a new image as a populist defender of his constitue... GEORGE ARZT It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. ALAN DERSHOWITZ The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York,... BRIAN COX Once again, we're ahead of New York State. In the Town of Huntington it is strictly prohibited to us... DON MCKAY I think things would be much worse if we just tried to sweep under the rug what everybody understand... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG It is one of New York City's best public elementary schools. CLARA HEMPHILL Global warming threatens our health, our environment, and our economic security through projected ch... CHRISTINE VANDERLAN That's another reason I love New York. Just like that, it can go from bad to cute. SARAH JESSICA PARKER Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting? VERNON DUKE Theres a reason why theyre not amateurs anymore. ALEX HAMILTON From what I've heard about Israel and its sites, landscape, beaches and historical and religious her... CHRIS NOTH We were told never to look a New Yorker in the eye. We were told to protect ourselves, that people i... LISA HORTON Toronto is a special city, and the environment is perfect for the arts; free and alive. I'm a Ne... EMORY COHEN Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. ... ROBERT FALCON SCOTT We don't believe a strike is in the best interests of our customers, employees and the hundreds of c... BILL MELLON I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the P... ZOE MCLELLAN Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our ... JAN C. TING I've lived in other cities - Rome, Dublin, Mexico City - but I was born in New York City, and I ... PETE HAMILL Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work... NATASHA RICHARDSON What's really reprehensible is that friends of the oil industry in Congress are using ... a disaster... DAVE HAMILTON It's never killed a single person in the history of mankind and there's no reason it should be illeg... CHRISTOPHER SEEKINS Technically, I'm a New Yorker. CHARLIE DAY Being a single girl in New York... it's what you should be doing in your twenties! EMILIA CLARKE I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every ... TAMARA TUNIE New York schools are focused on preparing students for the innovation economy. RICHARD MILLS I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. I... DAVID BOWIE I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were j... ANITA WEISS Neither New York nor Virginia holds the moral high ground here. New York has for many years not adva... ERIC GOLDSTEIN In the 1970s, professional sports found a different breed of team owner in George Steinbrenner of th... DON YAEGER It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions. SAMANTHA BEE It's a matter of public safety and that's my understanding of why the congressman introduced it. All... CHARLES VINICK There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and te... ZAC POSEN Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that unde... JOSH FOX I'll be the first to admit that, public safety, it's a new thing for this agency. ALAN STEEN I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. JOHN GUARE I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a mo... AISHA HINDS That is one of the most amazing experiences I have had. Rehearsing in New York for the week, getting... DEVON WILLIAMS I love New York, as do Nicky and all the designers. I think this show is kind of our valentine to Ne... JAMES NOONE What better way to send your regards to Broadway and to New York than by coming to New York and gett... CAROLYN MALONEY It should never have gotten to this point. There is absolutely no reason why a person with a hand-he... DONNA LIEBERMAN One reason New York leads the nation is due to the tremendously strong programs in place on Long Isl... TREVOR PACKER Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety stan... ED MARKEY I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues. ZOE KRAVITZ I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months... ED KOCH Employers should measure success of their voluntary benefits programs every 12 to 24 months to ensur... GARRY SULLIVAN Every single day, I write something new and record it. GLENN HUGHES Even after that ... she did not come out and say she's against this plan and its impact on New York,... SUSAN MOLINARI It's a fair question to ask our opponent. Can you name one single thing that Hillary Clinton has eve... RICK LAZIO You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and u... MIKE PENCE There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its peo... CHRISTINE GREGOIRE The music and movie business has been consistently wrong in its claims that new platforms and channe... STEVE BLANK We have attempted many times to organize Wal-Mart employees into unions, ... And every time the empl... BILL ROBERTS I think it has improved the safety for the public and the employees that work in this building. For ... GEORGE REID With this initiative, FDA intends to improve the way it monitors the safety of medical devices and p... DANIEL SCHULTZ I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an A... BINYAVANGA WAINAINA Hurricanes have hit downstate New York, and hurricanes will hit downstate New York again. Our very h... BRIAN POZZI The loneliness is the worst, because this knowledge is something that cannot be shared, only suffere... COLSON WHITEHEAD DFW works extremely hard every day to bring new business opportunities to North Texas and to have ou... JOE LOPANO Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City. MELISSA JOAN HART It was a really great time for her. She was single and dating and beautiful in New York in the '60s ... WALLY AMOS Every single frame has got something going on in the background; in many ways, it's an embarrassment... ANDY SERKIS You may discover that the very aspects which make it most unendurable are what gives New York its me... ELIZABETH WINDER Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa. EUGENE ORMANDY One of the big questions is which of the new generation of products might serve public health and wh... JACK E. HENNINGFIELD And that is certainly a new use of the filibuster and something which threatens to shut down our ent... TODD AKIN I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months... ED KOCH We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our wor... KEN ANDERSON There's things in it that just aren't good for New York. There's things in it that aren't good for c... JENNIFER HANLEY
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