Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dead at 82 . What terrible news to receive on the first day of 2015. Mario Cuomo passed away five hours after his oldest son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was formally sworn-in to a second term in Manhattan. Mario Held on as long as he could he didn’t attend the ceremony because he was too ill. According to reports He died of “natural causes due to heart failure” at his Manhattan apartment surrounded by his family. So many have expressed there sadness and have taken to social media to express how important Mario was.”Tonight, New York has lost a giant. Mario Cuomo was a man of unwavering principle who possessed a compassion for humankind without equal.” Mayor Bill de Blasio. More about Mario Cuomo below
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Andrew Cuomo’s (Mario’s son) office said.
“He couldn’t be here physically today … but my father is in this room,” Andrew Cuomo said in his inaugural address.
“He’s in the heart and mind of every person who is here. His inspiration and his legacy and his spirit is what has brought this day to this point.”
More about Mario:
Cuomo gained notice in the late 1960s when he successfully represented 69 families fighting a urban renewal plan that would have condemned their homes in Corona, Queens, to make way for a school.is big break came in 1972, when Mayor John Lindsay asked him to mediate a bitter dispute in Forest Hills, Queens, where middle-class residents opposed the building of three, 24-story towers for low-income tenants on 108th St. near the Long Island Expressway.
At age of 42, a relatively late start for a politician, Cuomo made his first run for office, losing the 1974 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. He entered government the following year when Gov. Hugh Carey named him secretary of state.Cuomo toyed with the idea of a White House run, first in 1988 and then in 1992, solidifying his nickname, Hamlet on the Hudson. He decided not to enter the ’92 campaign at the last minute.
Rest in Peace Mario Cuomo.
