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Andrew Cuomo is the New York State Attorney General and the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. As Attorney General, Cuomo is the highest ranking law enforcement officer for the State, responsible for representing New York and its residents in legal matters.Before he was elected New York Attorney General, Cuomo served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Clinton. Under his leadership, HUD was transformed from a bureaucratic backwater rife with waste to a revitalized engine for housing development. Besides reducing waste, Cuomo also focused on fighting racial discrimination and gun violence. He brought 2,000 anti-discrimination cases and forced gun manufacturers to alter their marketing techniques. For these accomplishments, HUD received the prestigious "Innovations in American Government Award" from the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, on three separate occasions.

Cuomo graduated from Fordham University in 1979 and Albany Law School in 1982. He is the father of three daughters, Mariah, Cara, and Michaela.

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The Survival of New York Is at Stake

Posted September 8, 2010 | 00:40:50 (EST)

More than a decade of New York State governmental dysfunction has taken its toll on all of us. And now, faced with the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the State Government is functionally bankrupt. For too long the State has lived far beyond its means, leading the nation...

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