Andrew Mark Cuomo born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, writer and lawyer who served as 56th New York governor and now, since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position with his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three periods.
Born in New York City, Cuomo is a graduate of Fordham University and Albany Law School of Union University, New York. He started his career working as a campaign manager for his father, then as an assistant district attorney in New York City before entering private law practice. He founded Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged (HELP USA) and was appointed chairman of the New York City Homeless Commission, a position he held from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993, Cuomo joined the Clinton Administration as Assistant Secretary of Planning and Community Development at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. From 1997 to 2001, he served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the United States.
In 2006, Cuomo was elected as New York Attorney General. In May 2010, Cuomo announced he was running for governance in the 2010 elections, and he won with 63% of the vote. During his first term, New York legalized same-sex weddings and established arms control laws. In 2014, he was elected for a second term with 54% of votes. He ran for a third term in 2018.
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Early life and education
Cuomo was born in the Queens district of New York City, the eldest son born of a lawyer and then the governor of New York, Mario Cuomo and Matilda (nÃÆ' Â © e Raffa). Her parents are of Italian descent; father's paternal grandparents came from Nocera Inferiore and Tramonti in southern Italy, while his maternal grandparents both came from Sicily (his grandfather from Messina). His younger brother, Chris Cuomo, is a CNN reporter.
He graduated from St. Gerard Majella in 1971 and Archbishop of Molloy High School in 1975. He received a B.A. from Fordham University in 1979, and J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University, New York in 1982.
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Initial career
During his father's campaign in 1982 for the Governor, Cuomo was the campaign manager, and later joined the Governor's staff as one of his father's top policy advisers and occasionally Albany's roommate, earning $ 1 a year.
From 1984 to 1985, Cuomo was an assistant district attorney in New York, and briefly worked at the law firm of Blutrich, Falcone & amp; Miller. He founded the Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged (HELP) in 1986 and left his law firm to run the HELP on a full-time basis in 1988. From 1990 to 1993, during New York City's mayoral government David Dinkins Cuomo was chairman of New York City Homeless The Commission, which is accused of developing policies to address homelessness in the city and develop more housing options.
HUD Secretary
Andrew Cuomo was appointed to the Department of Housing and Urban Development as Assistant Secretary of Planning and Community Development in 1993, a member of President Bill Clinton's administration. After the departure of Minister Henry Cisneros at the end of Clinton's first term under the FBI investigative cloud, Cuomo was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to succeed him as the HUD Secretary. Cuomo has been Secretary since January 1997 until the Clinton administration ended in 2001.
In 2000, Cuomo led HUD's efforts to negotiate a deal with the largest US arms manufacturer, Smith & amp; Wesson, it requires Smith & amp; Wesson to change the design, distribution, and marketing of weapons to make it safer and help keep them away from the hands of children and criminals. The budget enacted during its term of office contains initiatives to increase the supply of affordable housing and home ownership, and to create jobs and economic development. These include subsidized new lease assistance, reforms to integrate public housing, higher limits on mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, crackdown on housing discrimination, expansion of programs to help homeless people get housing and jobs, and the creation of a new Empowerment Zone.
During Cuomo's tenure as HUD Secretary, he requested an increase in home ownership. He also encouraged government-sponsored lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy more home loans for poor homeowners, in an attempt to end discrimination against minorities. Some believe that this helped lead to the recent subprime mortgage crisis. Edward J. Pinto, former chief credit officer at Fannie Mae, said "they should know the risks," Cuomo encourages mortgage bankers to lend and basically says you have to offer loans to everyone. " But others disagree with the judgment that Cuomo caused the crisis. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said Cuomo "is a contributor in terms of being a cheerleader, but I do not think we can blame him too much."
According to libertarian writer and critic James Bovard, Cuomo is obsessed with changing the image of HUD, as Cuomo says, "PR is the important thing I do... Eighty percent of combat is communication." He championed a new program called Community Builders, created without Congress support, for 800 new HUD employees with a $ 100,000 paid computer. In a speech of June 16, 1999, Cuomo stated that one goal of the program was to fight the abolition of the HUD. In August 1999, Community Builders distributed a letter to community groups against the proposed tax cut. One HUD official stated that the Community Builders were seen as "a Democratic Environmental Warrior who acts as a pipeline between Democratic city officials, party leaders, and the administration and the Democratic National Committee." In 1998, Hinton Clinton-appointed Inspector General Susan Gaffney testified to the Senate committee that he was a victim of an "escalation" attack in his office by Cuomo and his 'chief aides', including allegations of racism, insubordination, and public gross transactions. "In 1999, Gaffney's office concluded that" most (15 of 19) of the Community Builder's goals are activities rather than actual achievements. " and Cuomo's initiative "has a crippling effect on many ongoing HUD operations."
gubernatorial election 2002
Cuomo first nominated himself for a Democratic nomination for governor in 2002. Originally he was a favorite of nominations, and took the lead in fundraising and polls, but his campaign suffered serious damage after mistakes when Cuomo said (referring to after September 11 attacks) "Pataki stands behind the leader.He holds the leader's coat, he's a great assistant to the leader, but he's not a leader.Krim goes upstairs, and Rudy Giuliani goes upstairs. " His remarks were widely ridiculed, and even his father, former governor Mario Cuomo, later admitted it was a big mistake.
On the eve of the state convention, Cuomo withdrew from consideration after concluding that he had little opportunity to support as opposed to the favored party candidate, the State Treasury, Carl McCall. McCall later lost the election to George Pataki.
Attorney General of New York
Selection
Cuomo declared his nomination for the Democratic nomination for the New York Attorney General in 2006, and on May 30, 2006, captured the Democratic Party's support, receiving 65% of the delegates. Although Cuomo won support, former New York State Public Advocate Mark J. Green, a double candidate for lieutenant governor Charlie King, also earned a place in the Democratic vote. King out of the race before Cuomo primary and supported.
Cuomo won the main election by a majority vote, beating his nearest opponent more than 20%. Reaching the Democratic nomination was considered a significant rebound after the unsuccessful and unpopular 2002 campaign of governors and at the nominating convention, June O'Neill, head of the St Lawrence County Democratic Party, called him "New York's own Comeback Son." He won the election against Republican candidate, former Westchester District lawyer Jeanine Pirro on November 7, 2006, winning 58% of the vote.
Tenure
Police surveillance, 2007
On July 23, 2007, Cuomo's office rebuked the administration of Spitzer for ordering the State Police to keep a special record of the existence of Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno as he traveled with a police escort in New York City. At the discretion of the Spitzer high-ranking government officials, the New York State Police created a document intended to cause political damage to Bruno. Spitzer responded by accepting responsibility and issuing an apology to Bruno.
Student loan question, 2007
In 2007, Cuomo was active in a high-profile investigation into lending practices and anti-competitive relationships between student and university lenders. In particular, many universities direct student borrowers to "preferred lenders," which result in borrowers bringing in higher interest rates. This has led to changes in lending policies at many major American universities. Many universities also reimburse millions of dollars back to affected borrowers.
Usenet, 2008
On June 10, 2008, Cuomo announced that three major Internet service providers (Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable and Sprint) would "shut down the main source of online child pornography" by no longer hosting many Usenet groups. Time Warner Cable stopped offering Usenet altogether, Sprint ended access to 18,408 newsgroups in alt. * Hierarchy, and Verizon limits Usenet's offerings to around 3,000 Big 8 newsgroups. The move came after Cuomo's office placed 88 different newsgroups where child pornography was on display.
Investigation of corruption and fraud, 2009
Cuomo investigated a corruption scandal, a "fraud scheme to extract bribes," involving New York investigators, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the attorney general in dozens of states.
Also in 2009, Cuomo launched a lawsuit against the United Homeless Organization, a New York charity. He alleged that most of the group's revenues were not used to provide services to the homeless, but were transferred to the founders for unrelated private costs. In 2010, Judge Barbara R. Kapnick granted the verdict and forced the group to disband.
AS. Senate
After Hillary Clinton became President Obama's choice for US Secretary of State, New York Governor David Paterson was accused of appointing a temporary replacement to a special election. Cuomo is seen as the main contender for this appointment. Caroline Kennedy (also Cuomo's first cousin) is another major competitor, but resigned for personal reasons two days before Paterson was set to announce his choice, leaving Cuomo and US Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as the most likely to be appointed. On January 23, Paterson announced it would take Gillibrand to the US Senate.
New York Governor
Selection
2010
On September 18, 2009, President Barack Obama's advisor told Governor David Paterson that the President was convinced he should lift the 2010 governor's nomination, resigned to "the famous Attorney General Andrew Cuomo." On January 23, 2010, New York Daily News reported that Cuomo will announce plans for the governor's campaign by the end of March. Later reports showed Cuomo would announce his gubernatorial campaign to coincide with the country's Democratic Convention at the end of May. On May 22, 2010, Cuomo announced his candidacy as governor in a video posted on his campaign site. Cuomo announced his choice to lieutenant governor on May 26, 2010: Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy.
On November 2, 2010, the election, Cuomo confronted Republican Carl Paladino, a Buffalo-based businessman who has been strongly supported by the Tea Party movement. Cuomo won the gubernatorial election by landslide, winning 62.6% of the vote. Paladino performed strongly in his home region of Buffalo, while Cuomo performed well in the east of the country as well as at the bottom.
In addition to the candidates filing the lawsuit, New York's electoral fusion law allows parties to support the candidates. The Independence Party and the Workers Family Party are supported by Andrew Cuomo, while the Conservative Party and the Taxpayer Party support Carl Paladino. The Independence Party line received 146,648 votes (5.0% of Cuomo total, and 3.2% of the total of the whole state) and the Working Family line received 154,853 votes (5.3% and 3.4%), with the Democratic line receiving the remainder 2,610,220 votes (89.6%) and 56.5%). The Conservative Line received 232,281 votes (15.0% of the total Paladino, and 5.0% of the total of the whole state) and the Taxpayer line received 25,821 votes (1.5% and 0.6%), with Republic lines receiving the remaining 1,290.082 votes (83.3% and 27.1% vote).
2014
Cuomo seeks re-election in 2014, with former US Representative Kathy Hochul as her new partner. On March 5, 2014, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced that he would run for Republican tickets against Cuomo for the governor. Professor of law Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu challenged Cuomo-Hochul tickets in Democratic primary elections - capturing 34% of votes in the governor's line (Wu withdrew 40.1% as lieutenant governor). On November 4, 2014, Cuomo was re-elected for a second term with 54% of the vote, while Astorino received 40.6% of the vote.
Despite the low turnout, Cuomo won with a comfortable margin; However, his margin of victory was smaller than in his 2010 win. Astorino won most of New York state, but was overwhelmed in New York City. Cuomo was sworn to second post as Governor.
Ownership
Cuomo took the governor's oath of office at 12:01 am on January 1, 2011, replacing David Paterson. During his first year as governor, Cuomo worked to deliver timely budgets that cut spending without raising taxes, making new deals with large state unions, signing ethical reform laws, authorizing property taxes caps, working to impose same-sex marriage bills with bipartisan support, and restructuring the New York tax code. There is media speculation about the 2016 presidential run.
His approach is described by the press as "muscular". Tom Libous, representative of the Senate Republican majority leader, said in 2013, "When I share something that he does not like, he becomes very calm, he looks at you."
Criminal justice
In September 2016, a former aide and a close friend of Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, was indicted as part of a bribery investigation into the Buffalo Billion. Todd Howe, a lobbyist and former assistant of Cuomo were also indicted, along with several developers who are the main donors to Cuomo and other state politicians. Cuomo is not accused of making a mistake. In March 2018, a federal jury in Manhattan convicted Percoco for alleged crime bribery and fraudulent service scams over $ 315,000 in bribes he took from two people seeking official help on behalf of energy companies, Competitive Power Ventures Inc. He faces 50 years in prison. The prosecutor framed Percoco as Cuomo's "right-hand man".
In 2014, Politico reported that Cuomo had been actively involved in the establishment of an Independent Democratic Conference three years earlier, which gave control to the State Senate to the Republican Party. He has been accused of failing to bridge the gap between IDC and Democrat caucuses in the Senate despite being able.
In July 2014, it was reported that the Moreland Commission, a committee set up by Cuomo to root out corruption in politics, was directed away from politically damaging investigations. Cuomo then suddenly and controversially disbanded the Commission. The federal prosecutor in Manhattan launched an investigation into Cuomo's transactions with an anti-corruption panel and concluded that "after a thorough investigation," there was "insufficient evidence to prove federal crime."
In January 2014, Cuomo announced the introduction of stringent measures to make medical marijuana available for 20 hospitals designated for the treatment of cancer and glaucoma. Then in July, New York became the 23rd state to allow the use of medical marijuana, because the Governor signed a Compassion for Concerns Act, not without drawing criticism from activists of legalization, though.
In August 2017, the Cuomo government received over $ 7 million - financed with money from large bank settlements - in a grant to a New York college to offer a course to New York prisoners. In January 2018, Cuomo proposed reforms that would "reduce delays during the trial, prohibit asset seizures in cases where there is no confidence and ease the ex-inmates to get a job after leaving jail." He also called for an end to cash guarantees for minor crimes.
Pistol control
On January 15, 2013, Cuomo signed the first state weapons control law bill to be passed after December 14, 2012, a photo shoot of Sandy Hook Elementary School in neighboring Connecticut. The NY SAFE Act is described as the heaviest weapons control law in the United States. The action came under fire, and the National Rifle Association called it cruel. The New York State Sheriffs Association issued a statement in favor of heavier penalties for illegal use of firearms, but criticized some aspects of the law, including seven-round magazine limits and the definition of "too broad" invasion weapons.
On July 5, 2013, Cuomo signed an amendment to the NY SAFE Act which freed retired police officers from certain ownership restrictions.
Hurricane Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, Cuomo allowed New York voters, through special provisions aimed at accommodating those who fled, to vote temporarily for the 2012 election anywhere in New York state. He also appointed a commission to check the response of New York utilities to the damage caused by the storm.
The controversy occurred when the Cuomo government used $ 140 million, including $ 40 million in federal disaster relief funds, to pay for national TV commercials promoting the slogan "New New York" outside New York in an effort to attract new business investment to the state. Many were critical of the effort, including former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who called the advertisement "fluff" and "waste of taxpayer money".
Hydraulic breakage
In June 2012, the Cuomo government said it was considering lifting a state ban on hydraulic fracturing practices (also known as "fracking") to stimulate the economy in New York. But critics say that fracking in Upstate New York can pollute the water supply of New York City, New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania. After a long-awaited study began several years earlier, New York health officials mentioned "significant public health risks" related to fracking, and on December 17, 2014, the Cuomo government announced a hydraulic fracture ban in New York State.
Subway New York City
In June 2017, after a series of subway disasters, Cuomo declared a "state of emergency" for the New York City Subway system. According to The New York Times, a series of New York City mayors and New York governors, including Cuomo, are partly guilty of the deteriorating quality of the subway system and the swelling of construction costs. Under the Cuomo administration, the Metropolitan Transport Authority repeatedly diverted tax revenues allocated to subway, paying for unnecessary and spent services on subway projects that did not improve service or reliability. As a result, the MTA is weighed down with debt and can not invest to overhaul the outdated and inefficient subway infrastructure. Cuomo also directed the MTA to use projects not considered by MTA heads as a priority. One of the reasons why the subway system of New York City is so expensive is because labor costs are too high; according to some M.T.A. officials involved in negotiating employment contracts, Cuomo pressured the MTA to accept union contracts that greatly benefited workers. The New York Times notes that Cuomo is closely related to the union concerned and has received $ 165,000 in campaign donations from the union.
The New York Times reported, "Cuomo had been away from the MTA during his first years at the office, but in his second term he was very interested, putting the helpers in the organization and, in the unusual. moved, made several direct reports to him, urging transit leaders about the Second Avenue subway development on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and on the objections of some board members he canceled several MTA capital projects to make room for himself. the current high-ranking officials and former MTAs, that action disrupts the authority's plans to address the increasing delay. "
Public lecture and university fees
On April 18, 2017, Cuomo is expected to sign fiscal year 2018 fiscal year in New York State. These include the Excelsior Scholarship, a stipulation that families earning less than $ 125,000 by 2019 can have free tuition fees at all SUNY and CUNY universities, although some education experts including Sara Goldrick-Rab say that it will not help the poorest students and the requirements that the recipient lives and works in New York after graduation is counter-productive.
Public employee
On July 16, 2011, Cuomo completed a five-year deal with the Federation of Public Employees to end the pay raise, apply the day off, and require additional contributions to health insurance accounts. In an interview with The New York Times, Cuomo said his main goal in 2012 was a reduction in public service pensions.
same-sex marriage
In accordance with the campaign promise, Cuomo signed a same-sex marriage law on 24 June 2011, following an "intense public and private lobbying campaign", and then called on all countries to do the same. Cuomo is praised for his efforts to pass the same-sex marriage law. One of the leading advocates states that "for gay Americans, Mr. Cuomo is" the only national politician with hero status. Following part of the Marriage Equality Act, Cuomo was criticized for describing the opposite view of same-sex marriage as "anti-American. "On July 25, 2011, a lawsuit filed to the Supreme Court of New York to seek an injunction against the Marriage Equality Act, alleging corruption and lawlessness in the process of ratification of the bill.The court of the court initially stated that the plaintiff's case could be resumed, but the decision was canceled on appeal.
START-UP NY
In July 2016, the Empire State Development Corporation, a state agency, released a report indicating that the state's main business tax incentive program, called START-UP NY, has generated 408 jobs since its inception in 2014. The ads promoting the program cost at least $ 53 million. The NY-UP NY annual report was postponed three months in 2016, which led some MPs, such as the Assemblyman Schimminger, to call a "curious" delay.
Tax
Cuomo was praised for the 2011 restructuring of the New York State tax code. He was also criticized for including a tax increase for high-income people, and for allegedly asking the unanimous vote of the Assembly to support the proposal and threatened to campaign against members of the Assembly who voted "no" - the charges he denies. Cuomo also received criticism from the voice on the left who felt that the tax reform was insufficient.
Female Women's issues
In 2013, Cuomo called for the Women's Equality Act to be passed. The Women's Equality Act includes 10 draft components that affect issues such as domestic violence, trafficking, and pregnancy discrimination. The tenth legislation of the Women's Equality Act is the Reproductive Health Act, which will "perpetuate [d] in existing federal states legislation for abortion rights," "shift [ab] of state abortion laws from criminal codes to legal health care, "and" [making] more clear that licensed health care practitioners and doctors can have abortions. "During the State of 2013 speech, Cuomo said," Enforce the Reproductive Health Act because it is his body, it is his choice. Therefore his body, that is his choice, therefore his body, that is his choice. " The New York State Assembly passed the Women's Equality Act on June 20, 2013. The New York State Senate Leadership declared support for nine boards related to non-abortion of the Women's Equality Act but rejected the Reproductive Health Act and expressed reluctance to allow the collection sound above it.
On the last day of the 2013 legislative session, following the Republican Senate's rejection of the Conference to vote on a full Women's Equality Act, Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), offered the abortion board of the Act as a hostile amendment to another bill. The amendment was defeated by a narrow margin of 32-31; all 30 Republican Senate voted against abortion amendments, as did the Democratic Sens, Ruben Diaz and Simcha Felder. The Senate went on to pass the nine non-abortion-related of the Women's Equality Act as a separate bill, and the 2013 legislative session ended without any part of the WEA being law.
"[After] the 2014 election season ends, with Cuomo winning, governor and lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul both declare the abortion board of the action is officially inactive, if not dead." By 2015, the Women's Equality Unequaled Equality Act delivers both houses from the State Legislature. In October 2015, Cuomo signed eight of the 10 Women's Equality Laws into law; The abortion rights bill does not exist between them.
Voting Rights
In April 2018, Cuomo announced that he would return the voting rights from parole through an executive order. Cuomo said he would consider revoking the voting rights of all conditional release (more than 35,000), and would also give freedom to new conditional release during his tenure.
Public Housing
In the winter of 2018, Cuomo responded to a class action suit filed against the New York City Housing Authority by lawyer Jim Walden on behalf of a group of public housing tenants. The lawsuit is the first of its kind and asks NYCHA to quickly address the elderly and unhealthy conditions in public housing units in New York City. At the invitation of Walden, Cuomo toured a public housing project in March. In early April, Cuomo appointed an independent monitor to watch NYCHA in an emergency. This move extends the widening gap between NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Cuomo.
Donated donation
On his first day at the office, Cuomo renewed an executive order signed by Eliott Spitzer that forbade New York Governors from receiving donations from the governor's officials. The February 2010 investigation by The New York Times, however, revealed that the Cuomo government quietly reinterpreted the order, and that Cuomo had collected $ 890,000 from 24 designated persons, as well as $ 1.3 million from the pair , children and business designated. Some donations were given to Cuomo just days after the donor was appointed.
In March 2018, The New York Times reported that Cuomo had rewritten the disclaimer language on his campaign site for an executive order prohibiting donations from the designated person. The website added two warnings to which some governor officials were allowed to make a donation to the Governor, which The Times said could potentially lead to more donations from the person appointed to the Governor. Cuomo's campaign returns $ 2,500 donations from one designated person who violates a new disclaimer, but still maintains about $ 890,000 collected from someone else designated.
Comment about conservative
On January 17, 2014, interview with Susan Arbetter at WCNY The Capital Pressroom , Cuomo stated:
[New York Republic] is looking to determine their soul, that's what happened. Is the Republican party in this state a moderate or an extreme conservative party?... Republican candidates are against the SAFE Act - it's chosen by a moderate Republican running the Senate! Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they this extreme conservative right-alive, attacking weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if it is who they are and they are extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that's not who the New Yorkers are. If they are moderate Republicans like in the current Senate, those who control the Senate - moderate Republicans have a place in their country. George Pataki is the governor of this state as a moderate Republican, but not what you hear from them on the far right.
This statement gets a big reaction in the conservative media. Radio host Glenn Beck wrote a letter to the governor regarding the statement from the interview. Fox News broadcaster and radio/TV host, Sean Hannity said emigrated along with all his assets from the state if the governor did not apologize from the statement. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the New York archbishop, said during a radio broadcast that the governor's remarks were "the most unfortunate.Were there any extremist pro-lifers? Yes, there are, but I think they are a different minority."
The New York State Democratic Committee, headed by Cuomo, backed his remarks and confirmed in a May 2014 statement in response to Rob Astorino's speech, which ran for 2014 presidential election: "The Republican Tea Party has done enough damage in Washington, it's clear that we do not need it here in New York. "
Personal life
Cuomo married Kerry Kennedy, seventh son Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, on June 9, 1990. They have three daughters: twins, Cara Ethel Kennedy-Cuomo and Mariah Matilda Kennedy-Cuomo (born January 11, 1995), and Michaela Andrea Kennedy-Cuomo (born August 26, 1997). They split up in 2003, and divorced in 2005. In 2011, he started living with Food Network host Sandra Lee. Both live in Westchester County, New York.
On July 4, 2015, Cuomo led the marriage of his old friend Billy Joel to his fourth wife, Alexis Roderick.
Works published
Andrew M. Cuomo, All Things Possible: Decline and Success in Politics and Life , New York: Harper, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-06-230008-9.
References
External links
- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo official site of the New York government
- Andrew Cuomo for Governor
- Andrew Cuomo in Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
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