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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021 following numerous sexual misconduct allegations. A member of the Democratic Party, he is a son of former governor Mario Cuomo, and ran as an independent for mayor of New York City in the 2025 mayoral election.
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2026· 25 entries
“I am going to call the question for Democrats”
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“The press roasted me, my colleagues were ridiculed, my brother was fired. It was ugly. It was probably the toughest time of my life.”
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“I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended.”
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“If you boycott Israel, New York State will boycott you.”
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“Pataki stood behind the leader. He held the leader”
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“The PR is the important thing I do... Eighty percent of the battle is communications.”
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Gazeta Express: Weezer returns with 20th album: Rivers Cuomo talks about success, failure and his obsession with creativity
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Video Stephen A. Smith reacts to interview with Andrew Cuomo - ABC News
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Yahoo: Sandra Lee Returns to Old Andrew Cuomo Home to Roast ‘Lazy’ Yard
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Yahoo: Knowles, Cuomo clash over Ossoff remarks and economy
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Page Six: Sandra Lee lurks at home she once shared with Andrew Cuomo to publicly roast new owner’s ‘lazy’ landscaping
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BroadwayWorld: Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson Recall Their Old Band, 60 Wrong Sausages
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GuruFocus: VSE Corp (VSEC) CEO and President John Cuomo Sells 17,500 Shares
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Coinpedia: Clarity Act: Andrew Cuomo Urges Congress to Pass CLARITY Act as “We’re Already Way Behind”
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Page Six: Inside Anthony Scaramucci’s high-level hoedown in Wyoming with pols and power players, including Andrew Cuomo
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CNBC: Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Lawmakers should be ‘responsible’ and pass CLARITY Act
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CoinGape: Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Urges Congress to Pass CLARITY Act as U.S. Falls Behind
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Crypto Briefing: Andrew Cuomo pushes Congress to pass CLARITY Act as Senate stalls
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bitcoin.es: "Tiene que aprobarse": Andrew Cuomo advierte que EE. UU. se está quedando atrás en la regulación de las criptomonedas
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finance.biggo.com: Former New York Governor Cuomo Urges Congress to Pass Crypto Regulation Bill
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CoinDesk: ‘Tiene que aprobarse’: Andrew Cuomo advierte que EE.UU. está quedando rezagado en las regulaciones cripto
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CoinDesk: ‘It has to pass’: Andrew Cuomo warns U.S. is falling behind on crypto rules
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The Daily Beast: Cuomo Slams McConnell: ‘I Dare You’ to Let States Declare Bankruptcy
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BroadwayWorld: Ryan Holiday And Andrew Cuomo Keep Talking After REAL TIME Broadcast Ends
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2025· 5 entries
The Guardian: Live NYC mayoral election results: Zohran Mamdani defeats Andrew Cuomo
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The Guardian: Mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo cast their votes in New York City – video
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Election lost: 2025 New York City mayoral election.
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Campaign: 2025 New York City mayoral election.
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Cuomo mounted a political comeback bid and ran for mayor of New York City in that year's mayoral election
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2021· 13 entries
Cuomo was ordered by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to pay New York state $5
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Military tribunal tries and convicts Andrew Cuomo.” Not Supported.
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Snopes rated the claim “Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo left his dog, Captain, behind when he moved out of the governor’s house in mid-August 2021, and asked if any staff member could keep him.” Mixture.
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The morning after his departure, the academy rescinded the Emmy award due to the New York Attorney General's report on sexual harassment allegations against him
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In the midst of an impeachment investigation against Cuomo, he decided to resign from office
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Snopes rated the claim “New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is resigning from office.” True.
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Cuomo declared the first 'disaster emergency' in the United States on gun crime for New York
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Recreational use of cannabis was officially legalized with the signing into law of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act by Governor Cuomo
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The New York Times, in an episode of their podcast The Daily, leaked audio of Cuomo threatening Bill Lipton, head of the Working Families Party, which had endorsed primary opponent Nixon, that "[i]f you ever say, 'Well h
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.” Mostly False.
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Cuomo stated that he did not trust the expertise of health officials
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Until Cuomo's resignation on August 23, 2021, Cuomo was the longest-serving sitting governor in the United States, with 3,887 days in office
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Following numerous sexual misconduct allegations
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2020· 8 entries
Claimed: ““Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Cuomo threatened Rhode Island with a lawsuit over a state quarantine policy enforcing quarantine on arriving New Yorkers
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Cuomo criticized the federal government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, calling it "absurd and nonsensical"
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Cuomo confirmed nine new cases in the state and said that it was "literally like trying to stop air" and that it was inevitable that it would continue to spread
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Cuomo signed a $40 million emergency management authorization for coronavirus response and claimed that "New York's overall risk remained low"
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Cuomo said that community transmission of the new coronavirus is "inevitable"
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Cuomo issued a statement regarding novel coronavirus in New York wherein he mentioned the first positive case of novel coronavirus in New York State
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2019· 5 entries
Cuomo signed two laws banning the possession, manufacture and sale of non-metal homemade firearms and the other requiring safe storage of firearms when children younger than 16 years of age live in a gun owner's home
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Signed into law a repeal of the Penal Code provision that had listed the "gravity knife" as a prohibited weapon
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Cuomo signed the "red flag" gun protection law, allowing a court to temporarily prohibit someone from buying or possessing a gun if they are deemed a threat to themselves or others
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Cuomo signed into law the New York Child Victims Act
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Could have free tuition at all SUNY and CUNY universities, though some education experts including Sara Goldrick-Rab say it won't help the poorest students and that the requirement that recipients live and work in New Yo
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2018· 9 entries
Claimed: “"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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The Cuomo-Hochul ticket defeated the Molinaro-Killian ticket by a margin of 59
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Claimed: ““I think I received more votes in the Democratic primary than any governor in history.”” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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Cuomo announced the passage of new legislation that prevents those who have been convicted of domestic violence from possessing any kind of firearms as well as losing their gun license
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Claimed: “"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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“, New York Times (15 August 2018)”
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That he would be willing to change his name to "Amazon Cuomo" if Amazon located their "Amazon HQ2" in the state
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Was responsible for reuniting the IDC with the mainstream Democratic conference
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In part to appear more moderate for an eventual presidential bid
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2017· 5 entries
Claimed: “"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Cuomo signed the New York State 2018 fiscal year budget
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Claimed: “"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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“s power, would be closed. As a result of its closure, the carbon-free power generated by the plant was replaced by power generated by carbon-generating fossil fuels. As a consequence, New York struggled to meet its climate goals. In June 2012, the Cuomo administration said it was considering lifting a state ban on the practice of hydraulic fracturing (also known as”
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Cuomo announced that the Indian Point nuclear plant, which produced one quarter of New York City's power, would be closed
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2016· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a multi-state "travel ban" involving states with "lax gun laws."” False.
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2014· 5 entries
The Cuomo administration announced a ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State
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Cuomo was reelected for a second term with 54% of the vote, while Astorino received 40
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The Compassionate Care Act was signed into law by Governor Cuomo
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Westchester County executive Rob Astorino announced that he would run on the Republican ticket against Cuomo for governor
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Politico reported that Cuomo had been actively involved in the formation of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) three years earlier, which gave control of the state senate to Republicans
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2013· 3 entries
Cuomo signed an amendment to the NY SAFE Act that exempts retired police officers from some of the act's ownership restrictions
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Cuomo signed into law the first state gun control bill to pass after the December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in neighboring Connecticut
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“Enact a Reproductive Health Act because it is her body, it is her choice. Because it”
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of New York (2011–2021).
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2010· 2 entries
Cuomo announced his run for governor in a video posted to his campaign website
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The New York Daily News reported that Cuomo would announce plans for a gubernatorial campaign at the end of March
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2009· 1 entry
Advisors to President Barack Obama informed Governor David Paterson that the president believed he should withdraw his 2010 gubernatorial candidacy, stepping aside for "popular Attorney General Andrew Cuomo"
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2008· 1 entry
Cuomo announced that three major Internet service providers (Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint) would "shut down major sources of online child pornography" by no longer hosting many Usenet groups
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2007· 3 entries
Cuomo's office admonished the Spitzer administration for ordering the New York State Police to keep special records of then Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New Yo
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Cuomo was active in a high-profile investigation into lending practices and anti-competitive relationships between student lenders and universities
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Career landmark: Attorney General of New York (2007–2010).
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2006· 3 entries
Defeated the Republican nominee, former Westchester district attorney Jeanine Pirro, winning 58% of the vote
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And on May 30 won the Democratic Party's endorsement, receiving 65% of the vote
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After a failed bid to win the Democratic primary in the 2002 New York gubernatorial election
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2002· 1 entry
Campaign: 2002 New York gubernatorial election.
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2000· 1 entry
Cuomo led HUD efforts to negotiate an agreement with handgun manufacturer Smith & Wesson
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1999· 2 entries
Gaffney's office concluded that "most (15 out of 19) Community Builders' goals were activities rather than actual accomplishments" and that Cuomo's initiatives "had a crippling effect on many of HUD's ongoing operations"
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“s abolition. In August 1999, Community Builders distributed a letter to community groups to fight against proposed tax cuts. One HUD official declared that Community Builders was seen as”
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1998· 1 entry
Clinton-appointed HUD inspector general Susan Gaffney testified to a Senate committee that she was the victim of "'escalating' attacks on her office by Cuomo and 'his key aides,' including cooked-up charges of racism, in
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997–2001).
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1995· 1 entry
They have three daughters: twins Cara Ethel Kennedy-Cuomo and Mariah Matilda Kennedy-Cuomo (born 1995), and Michaela Andrea Kennedy-Cuomo (born 1997).
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1993· 1 entry
A member of President Bill Clinton's administration
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1982· 1 entry
Studied at Albany Law School, Juris Doctor (1982).
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1979· 2 entries
And a Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School in 1982
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Studied at Fordham University, Bachelor of Arts (1979).
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1975· 1 entry
Studied at Archbishop Molloy High School (1975).
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1957· 2 entries
Born 1957-12-06.
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In the New York City borough of Queens to lawyer and later governor of New York Mario Cuomo and Matilda (née Raffa)
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