"This will really force us to continue to be civil and nice to each other because I may need him to take my garbage out."
— Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan about City Treasurer Darius Shahinfar and his wife, County Legislator Noelle Kinsch, buying the house next door to her on Marsdale Street.
The overall limits "intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to exercise 'the most fundamental First Amendment activities.' "
— U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on the conservative majority's ruling to void the overall federal limit on individuals' contributions.
"If the court in Citizens United opened a door, today's decision we fear will open a floodgate."
— Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the liberal dissenters, said in comments from the bench.
"I feel like perhaps the FBI and the attorney general's office is on a witch hunt and, you know, I am one of those 'extreme conservatives'."
—State Sen. Kathleen Marchione, R-Halfmoon, on an investigation of a land purchase she was involved in
"It was a shock. But it was happy shock."
—Albany Common Council Member Mark Robinson, on plans for a casino and resort in the city
