"We are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders."
— President Barack Obama, on an upcoming vote in Crimea to break away from Ukraine following Russia's invasion.
"Education is not about the districts, and not about the pensions and not about the unions and not about the lobbyists ... Education is about the students and the students come first."
— Andrew Cuomo, addressing charter school supporters at an Albany rally.
"I have to be able to explain to 1,500 families that buy from me that this is going to be safe."
— Farmer Jean-Paul Courtens on plans to release treated water from the toxic Dewey Loeffel dump into Kinderhook Lake.
"Heroin has been the remedy for many folks."
— John Coppola, executive director of the New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, on effects of a new state law aimed at reducing narcotic prescriptions.
