Andrew M. Cuomo
American lawyer and politician
Andrew M. Cuomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as governor of New York from 2011 to 2021.
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American Born 1957 in Queens, United States
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About Andrew M. Cuomo
Cuomo is a member of the Democratic Party and the son of Mario Cuomo, who also served as governor of New York. Earlier in his career he was secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton, and he was elected New York attorney general in 2006. He ran for mayor of New York City in 2025 but lost to Zohran Mamdani. Among his other books, Cuomo wrote All Things Possible and edited Crossroads. BookBits carries his book American Crisis.