Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Mark Cuomo (December 6, 1957) is an American politician. He was the 56th Governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. He was 64th New York State Attorney General and the 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Bill Clinton.

His Excellency Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo in 2019
56th Governor of New York
In office January 1, 2011 – August 24, 2021
Lieutenant	Robert Duffy Kathy Hochul
Preceded by	David Paterson
Succeeded by	Kathy Hochul
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office August 5, 2020 – July 8, 2021
Deputy	Asa Hutchinson
Preceded by	Larry Hogan
Succeeded by	Asa Hutchinson
Vice Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 26, 2019 – August 5, 2020
Preceded by	Larry Hogan
Succeeded by	Asa Hutchinson
64th Attorney General of New York
In office January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
Governor	Eliot Spitzer David Paterson
Preceded by	Eliot Spitzer
Succeeded by	Eric Schneiderman
11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office January 29, 1997 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Henry Cisneros
Succeeded by	Mel Martínez
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development
In office May 28, 1993 – January 29, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Skirma Kondratas
Succeeded by	Saul Ramirez, Jr.
Personal details
Born	Andrew Mark Cuomo (1957-12-06)December 6, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kerry Kennedy ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2005)​
Domestic partner	Sandra Lee (2005–2019)
Children	3
Parents	Mario Cuomo Matilda Raffa
Relatives	Chris Cuomo (brother) Margaret Cuomo (sister)
Residence	Executive Mansion
Education	Fordham University (BA) Albany Law School (JD)
Signature
Website	Government website

Cuomo unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of New York City in the 2025 election. He lost the Democratic nomination in June 2025 to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in an upset.^[1]

Early life

He was born in Queens. His father Mario Cuomo was also Governor of New York and Andrew worked for him.

Governor of New York

He was reelected governor in 2014 and 2018. In 2020, he became well known across the country over his leadership and handling over the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. However, his administration was accused of covering up the actual number of COVID-related deaths in nursing homes.^[2]

From late 2020, many of Cuomo's former secretaries and assistants have accused him of sexual harassment.^[3][4] In August 2021, an investigation found that Cuomo did sexually harass multiple women during his time as governor.^[5] On August 10, 2021, Cuomo announced that he would resign as governor. He resigned on August 24 and was replaced by Kathy Hochul, the lieutenant governor of New York.^[6]

Political beliefs

Cuomo has promoted several policies such as legalizing same-sex marriage, tough laws against guns, allowing businesses not to pay taxes for some time in some parts of the state, continuing the moratorium (delay) on hydraulic fracturing for extracting (taking out) petroleum and natural gas, he started the United States Climate Alliance, a group of states intending to stop climate change by following the terms of the Paris Climate Accords and pro-immigration policies.^[7]