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The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck. The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).
Andrew Mark Cuomo (/ ˈkwoʊmoʊ / KWOH-moh, Italian: [ˈkwɔːmo]; born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021.
Aug 10, 2021 · Cuomo learned political and power dynamics first hand from his father, volunteering for Mario Cuomo's failed campaign for mayor of New York City in 1977, the summer of Sam and the year the Bronx burned.
- Andrew Cuomo Is Born
- Cuomo's First Taste of Politics
- Mario Cuomo Wins Governor's Race
- Cuomo Begins Help USA
- Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy Marry
- Cuomo Leaves For Washington
- Cuomo Becomes HUD Secretary
- Cuomo Runs For Governor; Loses
- Cuomo and Kennedy Split
- Cuomo Wins AG's Race
Andrew Cuomo is born Dec. 6, 1957, in Queens, the second of Mario and Matilda Cuomo's five children. At the time, Mario Cuomo is beginning a career as a lawyer, but he will go on to enter the political realm.
With his father running in a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, Andrew Cuomo gets his first taste of politics. Then 16 years old, he volunteers for his father's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. "I spent my after-school hours and all summer answering phones, handing out leaflets, pouring coffee, and driving my father to campaign events," C...
Now 24, Andrew Cuomo serves as his father's campaign manager as he makes a run for governor. Mario Cuomo goes on to defeat New York City Mayor Ed Koch in a primary, five years after Koch bested him in a mayoral primary. Once his father takes office in 1983, Andrew Cuomo becomes a $1-a-year special adviser.
Now working as an attorney, Cuomo founds Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged, or HELP USA, a non-profit dedicated to building housing projects for the homeless. The work helps him become chair of the New York City Homeless Commission in the early 1990s.
Cuomo marries Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. The tabloids refer to the marriage as "Cuomolot," a play on Camelot.
Cuomo departs for Washington, having been named an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton. Mario Cuomo, then in his third term, will be defeated at the polls the next year by Republican George Pataki.
Andrew Cuomo is elevated to HUD secretary and will serve in the role through 2000, becoming Clinton's final housing secretary. While the top official at the agency, Cuomo pushes policies to boost home ownership and clashes with Smith & Wesson over gun safety and marketing, eventually forcing the gun maker into an agreementto ward off litigation.
With Pataki seeking a third term, Andrew Cuomo runs for governor in a Democratic primary in hopes of facing the Republican who defeated his father. But Cuomo's campaign is ill-fated, with some Democrats viewing his decision to challenge Carl McCall — the state's Democratic comptroller and the first Black person to hold statewide office — as unseeml...
Cuomo and Kennedy, by now living in Westchester County, split and eventually divorce. It's splashed across the pages of the New York City tabloids. In his memoir, Cuomo described it as a low point in his life. "I was sad, angry, scared. Alone, " he wrote. "Separately, my political debacle and divorce were each devastating. Together the combination ...
After a few years in the private sector, Cuomo returns to politics. He runs for state attorney general, winning a Democratic primary and easily defeating Republican Jeanine Pirroin the general election. In his four years in the Attorney General's Office, Cuomo oversees three investigations into the conduct of Govs. Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson....
Nov 7, 2024 · Andrew Cuomo, American politician and attorney who served as the governor of New York (2011–21) after first having served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997–2001) under President Bill Clinton and as New York’s attorney general (2007–10). Learn more about Cuomo’s life and career.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Andrew Cuomo, the 56th governor of New York, is the son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and brother of news anchor Chris Cuomo. He formerly served as New York's attorney...
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Aug 10, 2021 · In the early 1990s under the administration of Mayor David Dinkins, Cuomo chairs the New York City Homeless Commission. In 1990, he marries Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy.
