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5 unusual facts about Mario Cuomo


1983 in LGBT rights

New York governor Mario Cuomo issues an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.

Grace Paley

In 1980, she was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1989, Governor Mario Cuomo made her the first official New York State Writer.

New York State Executive Mansion

It was subsequently filled in when its building was converted into a greenhouse, but Mario Cuomo had the pool restored during his tenure.

Reuben K. Davis

He was designated to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department by Governor Mario Cuomo on January 1, 1987, and served as an Associate Justice until his retirement on December 31, 1996.

Were You Always an Italian?

The title was based on a question posed to Maria Laurino by former New York Governor Mario Cuomo.


Andrew M. Murstein

In 2008 Murstein with former baseball star Hank Aaron and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, both Medallion Financial board members, and former football star and Congressman Jack Kemp, now deceased, formed a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which raised $230-million to buy a professional sports team.

Lucia Peka

Owners of her work include the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Permanent Collection in the Alfred Khouri Memorial Wing of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, the Huntington Library and Art Collections in San Marino, California, actor George Clooney, and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

NY-SCAN

It ran for at least seven years until 1992, when it was shut down by governor Mario Cuomo and the legislature after broadcasting a controversial speech by City College professor Leonard Jeffries.


see also

Cuomo family

Christopher Cuomo (born August 9, 1970), son of Mario Cuomo; ABC News chief law and justice correspondent; former news anchor for Good Morning America; co-anchor for ABC's 20/20; winner of six national Emmys; picked as one of People magazine's "50 Sexiest People" in 1997.

Governor Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo, 56th and current Governor and son of Mario Cuomo