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Born in [[Queens]], New York City, Cuomo is a graduate of [[Fordham University]] and [[Albany Law School]]. He began his career working as the campaign manager for his father in the [[1982 New York gubernatorial election]]. Later, Cuomo entered the private practice of law and chaired the New York City Homeless Commission from 1990 to 1993. Cuomo then served in the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] as [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|assistant secretary]] from 1993 to 1997 and as [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|secretary]] from 1997 to 2001 under President [[Bill Clinton]]. Cuomo was elected [[Attorney General of New York|New York attorney general]] in [[2006 New York Attorney General election|2006]], after a failed bid to win the Democratic primary in the [[2002 New York gubernatorial election]].
Cuomo won the 2010 Democratic primary for governor of New York and won [[2010 New York gubernatorial election|the general election]] with over 60 percent of the vote. He was re-elected in [[2014 New York gubernatorial election|2014]] and [[2018 New York gubernatorial election|2018]]. During his governorship, Cuomo signed legislation to legalize [[Same-sex marriage in New York|same-sex marriage]], [[Medical cannabis in the United States|medical use of cannabis]], and [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|recreational use of cannabis]]. Cuomo's administration oversaw the construction of the [[Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge]], the [[Second Avenue Subway]], the [[Moynihan Train Hall]], and a [[LaGuardia reconstruction|reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/04fa55a6-9089-4410-9b79-bcce2cce5675 |title=After Andrew Cuomo's downfall, New York reconsiders its political bullies |work=[[Financial Times]] |last=Chaffin |first=Joshua |date=August 12, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010151337/https://www.ft.com/content/04fa55a6-9089-4410-9b79-bcce2cce5675 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also decommissioned the [[Indian Point Energy Center|Indian Point]] nuclear plant, which led to an uptick in greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milman |first=Oliver |date=2024-03-20 |title=A nuclear plant's closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/20/nuclear-plant-closure-carbon-emissions-new-york |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In [[Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting|response]] to the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] and the [[2012 Webster shooting]], Cuomo signed the [[NY SAFE Act|NY SAFE Act of 2013]], the strictest [[Gun control in the United States|gun control law in the United States]]. He also delivered [[Affordable Care Act|Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act]]; a 2011 tax code that raised taxes for the wealthy and lowered taxes for the middle class; 12-week paid family leave; and a gradual [[Fight for $15|increase of the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-15-minimum-wage-plan-and-12-week-paid-family-leave-policy-law|title=Governor Cuomo Signs $15 Minimum Wage Plan and 12 Week Paid Family Leave Policy into Law|date=April 4, 2016|website=Governor.ny.gov|access-date=November 1, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104141851/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-15-minimum-wage-plan-and-12-week-paid-family-leave-policy-law|url-status=live}}</ref> Cuomo received national attention for his handling of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)|COVID-19 pandemic in New York]]. Although he was initially lauded for his response, he faced [[New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal|renewed criticism and federal investigation]] after it was alleged that his administration covered up information pertaining to COVID-19 deaths among [[nursing home]] residents who died in hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 19, 2021|title=The lighter days of CNN's Cuomo Brothers show are long gone|url=https://apnews.com/article/cnn-andrew-cuomo-chris-cuomo-096f81a0e4456a8f8ddb866d96d424b8|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223082913/https://apnews.com/article/cnn-andrew-cuomo-chris-cuomo-096f81a0e4456a8f8ddb866d96d424b8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=McKinley|first1=Jesse|last2=Ferré-Sadurní|first2=Luis|date=February 12, 2021|title=New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/nyregion/new-york-nursing-homes-cuomo.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/nyregion/new-york-nursing-homes-cuomo.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=February 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/nyregion/nursing-home-deaths-cuomo-covid.html|title=Health Agency Under Cuomo 'Misled the Public' on Nursing Home Deaths|publisher=NY Times|date=March 15, 2022 |accessdate=July 11, 2024}}</ref> Investigations by both the Department of Justice and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office were officially closed as a result of no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/24/cuomo-coronavirus-investigation/|title=DOJ declines to investigate Cuomo's handling of covid-19 in nursing homes|newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 25, 2021|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABC News">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cuomo-charged-covid-nursing-home-deaths-manhattan-da/story?id=82055278|title=Cuomo not charged with COVID nursing home deaths: Manhattan DA|publisher=ABC News |date=January 3, 2022|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
Beginning in late 2020, Cuomo faced [[Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations|numerous allegations of sexual misconduct]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ferré-Sadurní|first1=Luis|last2=McKinley|first2=Jesse|date=March 11, 2021|title=Aide Says Cuomo Groped Her, as New Details of Account Emerge|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=March 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web|last=Sommerfeldt|first=Chris|title=Seventh Cuomo accuser alleges he 'verbally and mentally abused' her after getting hired for her looks|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-cuomo-accuser-abused-looks-20210312-7uj7wwg5dngjjm6jsjo65mcl7a-story.html|access-date=March 12, 2021|website=nydailynews.com|date=March 12, 2021 |archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313010056/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-cuomo-accuser-abused-looks-20210312-7uj7wwg5dngjjm6jsjo65mcl7a-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An investigation commissioned by New York attorney general [[Letitia James]] reported in August 2021 that Cuomo sexually harassed at least eleven women during his time in office,<ref name=Thomas/><ref name=Niedzwiadek/><ref name=Allen/> for which Cuomo faced criminal investigations, however she declined to file criminal charges against him.<ref
The release also prompted district attorneys for Manhattan, Nassau County, Westchester County, Albany County and Oswego County to pursue criminal investigations; however all of the investigations were closed without any charges being brought against him.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/andrew-cuomo-charge-dismissed/index.html|title=New York judge dismisses sole criminal charge faced by former governor Andrew Cuomo after sexual misconduct allegation|publisher=CNN|date=January 7, 2022|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite web|title=Westchester DA declines to pursue charges against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/westchester-da-declines-pursue-charges-gov-cuomo/story?id=81975395|access-date=2021-12-29|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|language=en|archive-date=December 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229150918/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/westchester-da-declines-pursue-charges-gov-cuomo/story?id=81975395|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-andrew-cuomo-albany-david-soares-7fb427f8bba47de711fbd556d4e5c782#:~:text=Hans%20Pennink%2CPool)-,ALBANY%2C%20N.Y.,drove%20former%20New%20York%20Gov.&text=The%20move%20had%20been%20expected,and%20intended%20to%20drop%20it.|title=Judge dismisses sole criminal charge against Andrew Cuomo|first1=Marina|last1=Villeneuve|first2=Michael|last2=Hill|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 7, 2022|accessdate=January 16, 2022|archive-date=January 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116073919/https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-andrew-cuomo-albany-david-soares-7fb427f8bba47de711fbd556d4e5c782#:~:text=Hans%20Pennink%2CPool)-,ALBANY%2C%20N.Y.,drove%20former%20New%20York%20Gov.&text=The%20move%20had%20been%20expected,and%20intended%20to%20drop%20it.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NBC New York">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/last-criminal-case-against-former-gov-andrew-cuomo-dropped-by-da/3525262/|title=Last Criminal Case Against Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Dropped by DA|publisher=NBC New York |date=January 31, 2021|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref>
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=== Election ===
{{main|2006 New York Attorney General election}}
Cuomo declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for [[Attorney General of New York|New York State Attorney General]] in 2006 and on May 30, 2006, captured the Democratic Party's endorsement, receiving 65% of the delegates. Though Cuomo won the endorsement, former [[New York City Public Advocate]] [[Mark Green (New York politician)|Mark Green]] and two-time candidate for [[Lieutenant Governor of New York|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Charlie King (politician)|Charlie King]] also earned places on the Democratic [[
Cuomo won the primary with a majority of the vote, defeating his nearest opponent by over 20%. Clinching the Democratic party nomination was considered a significant rebound following his unsuccessful and unpopular 2002 gubernatorial campaign, and at the nominating convention June O'Neill, the Democratic chairwoman of [[St. Lawrence County]], called him "New York's own Comeback Kid".<ref name="Hicks" /> In the [[general election]] on November 7, 2006, he defeated the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee, former [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] [[district attorney]] [[Jeanine Pirro]], winning 58% of the vote.
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On February 12, 2021, Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Cuomo, said in a call with state [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] leaders that the Cuomo administration delayed the release of data pertaining to COVID-19 deaths from nursing home patients who died in hospitals while responding to an inquiry that former President [[Donald Trump]] had directed the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] to consider investigating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-secretary-governor-melissa-derosa-0|title=Statement from Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa|publisher= |date=February 12, 2024|accessdate=August 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/us/new-york-aide-apology-covid-deaths-facilities/index.html|title=New York governor's top aide admits administration delayed the release of Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities over federal investigation concerns|first=Lauren|last=del Valle|work=[[CNN]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213024039/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/us/new-york-aide-apology-covid-deaths-facilities/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/12/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-home-covid-deaths-leaked-recording|title=Cuomo faces calls to resign amid allegations of hiding nursing home Covid deaths|first=Richard|last=Luscombe|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213000458/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/12/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-home-covid-deaths-leaked-recording|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gov-cuomo-says-new-york-couldn-t-report-nursing-home-n1258641|title=Gov. Cuomo says N.Y. couldn't report nursing home deaths in hospitals. But other states did|publisher=NBC |date=February 23, 2021|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref> Critics voiced concerns about the probe being politically motivated as New York and three other democratic-led states were targeted by Trump, regarding the same matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/514936-trump-attacks-cuomo-over-nursing-homes-covid-19/|title=Trump attacks Cuomo over nursing homes, COVID-19 by Morgan Chalfant|publisher=The Hill|date=August 22, 2020|accessdate=August 22, 2024}}</ref> Calls to rescind 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/some-new-york-democrats-break-cuomo-14-state-senators-call-strip-him-emergency-powers-1568988|title=Some New York Democrats Break With Cuomo as 14 State Senators Call to Strip Him of Emergency Powers|first=Katherine|last=Fung|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212190626/https://www.newsweek.com/some-new-york-democrats-break-cuomo-14-state-senators-call-strip-him-emergency-powers-1568988|url-status=live}}</ref>
On February 17, 2021, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) and the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn announced they were investigating the incident.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-attorney-fbi-investigating-cuomo-s-handling-nursing-home-n1258207 |title=U.S. attorney, FBI investigating Cuomo's handling of nursing home deaths |date=February 17, 2021 |last1=Dienst |first1=Jonathan |last2=Valiquette |first2=Joe |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-date=February 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218021323/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-attorney-fbi-investigating-cuomo-s-handling-nursing-home-n1258207 |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 23, 2021, the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] announced that they would not pursue an investigation into Cuomo's handling of [[COVID-19]]-related deaths in state nursing homes, nor a possible cover up of nursing home deaths, as a result of no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2021/07/24/covid-deaths-ny-nursing-homes-justice-department-drops-probe/8080189002/|title=Justice Department drops investigation into New York nursing homes|publisher=Democrat and Chronicle|date=July 24, 2021 |accessdate=July 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/24/cuomo-coronavirus-investigation/|title=DOJ declines to investigate Cuomo’s handling of covid-19 in nursing homes|publisher=Washington Post |date=July 25, 2021|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref><ref
On March 19, 2021, the FBI reported that an investigation was underway on Governor Andrew Cuomo for improperly using the power of his office to shield nursing home executive political donors from COVID-19 lawsuits but declined to investigate further.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/19/andrew-cuomo-fbi-donors-nursing-homes|title=FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability|date=March 19, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=August 5, 2021|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050752/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/19/andrew-cuomo-fbi-donors-nursing-homes|url-status=live}}</ref>
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