Andrew Cuomo is an American politician, author, lawyer, and member of the Democratic Party. He was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the United States between 1997 and 2001 during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
Andrew Cuomo served as an Attorney General of New York from 2007 to 2010. Cuomo came from Queens, New York City, the son of Mario Cuomo, the 52nd governor of New York state. From January 1, 2011, he was the governor of the state of New York.
In January 2013, Cuomo made New York the first state to tighten gun control in the US following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Andrew Cuomo got public attention for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.
Cuomo faces renewed criticism and federal investigation after it was discovered that his administration concealed data relating to COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents.
Andrew Cuomo Age / Wiki
| Born | 6 December 1957, Queens, New York, United States |
| Full Name | Andrew Mark Cuomo |
| Age | 66 Years Old |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Education | Archbishop Molloy High School in New York Fordham University in Bronx, United States Albany Law School in Albany, New York |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, and Former Government Official |
| Nationality | American |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Ethnicity | Italian Descent |
| Wife |  Kerry Kennedy (American Lawyer, Author and Human Rights Activist) |
| Children | Daughter: Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, Mariah Kennedy Cuomo |
| Parents | Father: Mario Matthew Cuomo Mother: Matilda Cuomo |
| Siblings | Chris Cuomo (Brother) Madeline Cuomo (Sister) Maria Cuomo Cole (Sister) Margaret Cuomo (Sister) |
| Net Worth | $6 Million (As of 2023) |
Andrew Cuomo Height and Weight
| Height | 5 Feet 9 Inches 1.80 Meters 180 Centimeters |
| Weight | 70 Kilograms 154 Pounds |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Tattoo | No |
| Piercing | No |
| Body Measurements | Unknown |
Andrew Cuomo Biography
Andrew Cuomo was born in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S. Cuomo is the eldest son of Mario Cuomo and Matilda Raffa both of Italian-American descent. His father Mario Cuomo (1932-2015) was Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994.
His brother Chris is a journalist and known as a presenter on CNN, previously from the ABC telecast Good Morning America. He graduated from St. Gerard Majella’s School in 1971 and Archbishop Molloy High School in 1975. He received a BA from Fordham University in 1979 and a doctorate from the Faculty of Law Albany in 1982.
As a student, he became involved in the Democratic party structures, and in 1982 he took an active part in his father’s governance campaign. He then became one of his political advisers, and to avoid accusations of nepotism, he agreed to work for a symbolic salary of one dollar a year.
In 1984, he joined the New York District Attorney’s Office, and later he joined a private law firm. In 1986 he founded the HELP ( Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged) organization, supporting the development of housing for the poorest. In 1990–1993, nominated by the mayor of New York City, he chaired the city’s homelessness committee.
Andrew Cuomo Family
Andrew Cuomo married Kerry Kennedy, the seventh daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, on June 9, 1990. They have three daughters:
- Cara Ethel Kennedy-Cuomo and Mariah Matilda Kennedy-Cuomo (born 1995) (Twins baby)
- Michaela Andrea Kennedy-Cuomo (born 1997)
They both separated in 2003 and divorced in 2005. Now Andrew Cuomo has a Domestic partner named Sandra Lee.
Andrew Cuomo’s Political Career
In 1993, he started working at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, initially as one of the assistant secretaries (which roughly corresponds to the Polish deputy minister with the rank of undersecretary of state). In 1997 he became the head of this ministry and chaired it for the entire second term of President Clinton, until January 2001.
After leaving the federal government, in 2002, he applied for the Democrats’ nomination in the New York gubernatorial elections but eventually resigned, and the nomination was won by Carl McCall, whom he later defeated in the election for re-election George Pataki.
Not having the opportunity to support Democrats, Cuomo took part in the elections as a candidate of the tiny Liberal Party of New York and received less than 16,000 votes of more than 4.7 million cast in the state. In 2006, he ran for the position of the state prosecutor general, this time with success.
In early 2009, when Hillary Clinton was forced to relinquish her seat in the United States Senate because he could not be combined with the office of a member of the government (and she entered Barack Obama’s cabinet as secretary of state), Cuomo was named among the most serious candidates for her seat.
According to state law, a temporary senator (in office until the elections shall be appointed by the governor in such situations. Eventually, David Paterson has decided to appoint Kirsten Gillibrand. In September 2009, the Obama administration notified Governor Paterson that Andrew Cuomo would be the preferred candidate for the upcoming election.
Under the influence of these suggestions, as well as due to his own health, Paterson resigned from the start. In May 2010, Cuomo was officially nominated by the Democratic Party, and in November 2010 he defeated Carl Paladino, a Republican associated with the TEA Party environment.
He took office on January 1, 2011, one minute past midnight (under state law the governor’s term begins at the beginning of the year). As the governor of New York, on January 22, 2019, he approved a law allowing abortions even in the ninth month of pregnancy in the case of suspected threats to the health and life of the mother, as well as fetal severe disease, which was met with significant criticism from pro-life activists.
Andrew Cuomo Controversies
Sexual Harassment Allegations
On December 13, 2020, Lindsey Boylan, a former aide for Andrew Cuomo who is a Democratic candidate for Manhattan town president in 2021, alleged “Cuomo sexually harassed me for many years. Many saw it, and watched.” Boylan further alleged that Cuomo “exists without ethics.” “takes advantage of people, including me” and ran a “toxic team environment.”
A spokesperson for the Cuomo administration denied all the accusations. She further elaborated on her accusations in February 2021, claiming Cuomo distracted her to play strip poker with him while on a flight in October 2017 and violently kissed her on the mouth in his Manhattan election working office in 2018.
On February 27, 2021, Charlotte Bennett, an executive assistant and health policy advisor of Cuomo, also accused him of sexual harassment allegations, saying that “he asked her about her sex life and if she had been in sexual relationships with older men.”
She also suggested that “Andrew Cuomo was open to relationships with women as young as 23 years old.” In a statement by Cuomo, he denied making advances to Bennett and acting inappropriately towards her.
COVID-19 Nursing Home Controversy
On March 25, 2020, Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Department of Health issued an advisory demanding the admission of patients to nursing homes who test positive for the coronavirus and barred testing prospective nursing home patients.
This order was repealed on May 10, 2020, after widespread criticism from medical experts. More than 4,500 COVID-19-infected patients have been sent to nursing homes in New York state. More than 6,000 New York state nursing home residents had died of COVID-19 as of June 2020.
On January 28, 2021, an investigation directed by state Attorney General Letitia James concluded that the Cuomo administration undercounted COVID-19-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 60%.
On February 12, 2021, Melissa DeRosa, a top assistant to Cuomo, said in a call with state Democratic leaders that the Cuomo administration willfully delayed the release of data pertaining to deaths from COVID-19 within nursing homes in fear it would’ve triggered a believable federal investigation by the Department of Justice and given an advantage to political opponents.
Calls to repeal Cuomo’s emergency powers granted amidst the pandemic were launched within the New York State Senate immediately following this report, with 14 Democrats joining the Republican minority in the effort. On February 17, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn announced they were investigating the incident.
Andrew Cuomo Quotes
- Just saying no isn’t enough unless there is something to say ‘yes’ to. – Andrew Cuomo
- You don’t build walls; you build bridges between people. – Andrew Cuomo
- I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation. – Andrew Cuomo
- I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools. – Andrew Cuomo
- 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. – Andrew Cuomo
- Politicians are good listeners. Because if they’re not, they aren’t politicians for very long. – Andrew Cuomo
- I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered. – Andrew Cuomo