Mario Cuomo’s left his mark on Central New York One month after then-Gov. Mario Cuomo was defeated in his 1994 bid for re-election to a fourth term, the Sunday Herald-American published this story about Cuomo’s legacy in Central New York. It was written by Erik Kriss, a reporter who covered New York State government in Albany for the Herald-Journal and The Post-Standard. We republish it today following the death of Cuomo at the age of 82. By Erik Kriss SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mario Cuomo will be gone from New York’s political landscape in a week, but reminders of his 12-year reign as governor will stand, and float, among Central New York’s landscape for years. While the area’s leaders profess gratitude to Cuomo for the bricks and mortar he leaves behind, the son of Italian immigrants from New York City remains an enigma to many who knew him. The man who rose from the tough streets of Queens by championing the cause of the less privileged left his main mark in the state’s conservative heartland by accommodating local business leaders. The candidate who was rejected three times out of four by Onondaga County voters steered tax money to build a convention center and a baseball stadium in Syracuse and an [...] newsnyork/mario-cuomos-left-his-mark-on-central-new-york/
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:30:57 +0000
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