Cuomo, Andrew Mark
Cuomo, Andrew Mark
(kwō`mō), 1957–, American politician, b. Queens, N.Y., grad. Fordham Univ. (1979), Albany Law School (1982). The son of Mario CuomoCuomo, Mario Matthew, 1932–2014, American politician, b. New York City. The son of an immigrant grocer, Cuomo attended St. John's Univ., was admitted to the New York bar in 1956, and attracted attention after successfully mediating (1972) a local housing dispute.
..... Click the link for more information. , he was (1982) a key operative on his father's campaign staff and later a policy adviser to Gov. Cuomo. After founding (1986) a housing-for-the-homeless organization and directing (1990–93) New York City's Commission on the Homeless, he served as an assistant secretary (1993–1997) and as secretary (1997–2001) of the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration. Following an unsuccessful bid (2004) for New York's Democratic gubernatorial nomination, he was elected (2006) New York attorney general and earned a reputation as a tough reformer. Cuomo was elected governor of New York in 2010 and reelected in 2014 and 2018.
Bibliography
See his political memoir, All Things Possible (2014); biography by M. Shnayerson (2015).