Mr. Cuomo has twice had his political career written off and managed to come back. A look at some of the key moments in his career.
Mr. Cuomo has twice had his political career written off and managed to come back. A look at some of the key moments in his career.
Mr. Cuomo has twice had his political career written off and managed to come back. A look at some of the key moments in his career.
Andrew M. Cuomo’s entry in the race for mayor of New York City is yet another dramatic twist in the former governor’s long history in the public eye.
Mr. Cuomo climbed the political ranks in service of his father, the three-term governor of New York, Mario M. Cuomo, working as his campaign manager and adviser early in his career.
After a stint as President Bill Clinton’s housing secretary, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, ran for governor himself in 2002. He ended his campaign just before the primary, a humiliating result that damaged his image and relationship with Black leaders who had supported H. Carl McCall’s bid to become the state’s first African American governor.
But Mr. Cuomo mounted a political comeback four years later when he was elected state attorney general. In 2010, he ran again for governor and won in a landslide.
Over the next decade, Mr. Cuomo built a reputation as an aggressive, forceful leader, adopting a heavy-handed approach that alienated many and led to a well-publicized feud with Mayor Bill de Blasio. It also helped him deliver accomplishments like legalizing same-sex marriage and raising the minimum wage.
But during Mr. Cuomo’s third term, when he was riding high as a national hero of the coronavirus pandemic, a confluence of scandals swiftly unraveled his administration.