Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Mark Cuomois an American politician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1957
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
years flood
There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.
energy crisis
There is energy and power in a crisis.
long politician good-listener
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
summer father son
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.
lessons legislature
Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.
queens boys the-end-of-the-day
I'm a Queens boy at the end of the day.
challenging-the-status-quo harsh challenging-status-quo
I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.
government government-work
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
party people want
I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.
dad father thinking
I think naturally my orientation is from my father.
government people lobbyists
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
political use lessons
Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.
new-york gay assault-weapons
Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York...
new-york powerful people
The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people of New York, but for people all across this nation.