Andrew Cuomo News

Russell Simmons protests milk as NY's official beverage

By theGrio

4:26 PM on 02/09/2012

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Music mogul Russell Simmons wants New York's governor to pull the plug on milk from cows...
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NY legalizes gay marriage 42 years after Stonewall

By theGrio

10:24 AM on 06/25/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill shortly before midnight Friday, almost 42 years to the day that the modern-day gay rights movement was born...
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'Rent Is Too Damn High' candidate: I can't quit now

By theGrio

1:52 PM on 11/03/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - He says the mayoral race in a few years is a possibility. He says he's been encouraged to run for president but won't because he likes President Obama...
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'Rent Is Too Damn High': NY candidate's star rises

By theGrio

9:22 AM on 10/21/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy McMillan was the breakout star in New York's gubernatorial debate this week with his mantra familiar to many New York apartment dwellers...
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Top Dems to rally around Rangel at NY fundraiser

By theGrio

6:44 PM on 08/11/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The event, tied to his 80th birthday, has emerged as a test of political loyalty to Rangel, the dean of the state's congressional delegation...
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Andrew Cuomo targets housing bias in New York City

By theGrio

8:40 AM on 07/08/2010

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is forcefully speaking out against New York's dirty little secret that makes the Big Apple one of the most racially segregated cities in America...
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NY attorney general recuses self in Paterson probe

By theGrio

4:18 PM on 03/11/2010

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Andrew Cuomo, who is widely expected to run for governor, had been criticized for investigating Paterson...
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Paterson in peril: New report says NY Gov had staff contact woman assaulted by aide

By theGrio

7:36 AM on 03/02/2010

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Paterson administration official speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed that the two employees were directed by Paterson to contact the woman...
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Poll: No problem of racial division In Paterson-Cuomo primary

By theGrio

10:48 AM on 02/03/2010

The new Quinnipiac poll of New York finds that state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues to have a very wide lead over incumbent Gov. David Paterson...
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NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo

By theGrio

4:27 PM on 02/01/2010

"A governor with $600,000 on hand less than a year before the general election is a dead duck," said Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf...
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Andrew Cuomo courts black leaders in NY

By theGrio

4:10 PM on 01/25/2010

Preparing to challenge New York's first black governor, Mr. Cuomo has been aggressively courting black civic leaders and clergy members...
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