New Yorkers Consider Third Bloomberg Term Oct 18, 2008
Bloomberg dispatched some star witnesses former Gov. Mario Cuomo, who has long railed against term limits, and former Mayor Ed Koch, who served three terms before the current limits were set. Cuomo said term limits are "a desperate attempt to improve governance," arguing voters can get rid of elected officials simply by voting them out of office. (Fox News -- Politics)
Cuomo Vs. The Debates Oct 17, 2008
Mario Cuomo was not happy about the campaign. "The depressing nonsense that's going on today," he railed. (Forbes -- Business)
Bloomberg Term-Limit Plan Gets Public Hearing Oct 17, 2008
Among those who spoke in favor of Bloomberg's plan were former Gov. Mario Cuomo, who has long opposed term limits, and former Mayor Ed Koch, who served three terms before the current limits were set. Cuomo said term limits are "a desperate attempt to improve governance," arguing that voters can get rid of elected officials simply by voting them out of office. (Newsmax)
Gossage to appear at book signings Oct 16, 2008
The keepsake also features more than 80 first-person accounts, including those by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, as well as Paul McCartney, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Mario Cuomo, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera and Yogi Berra. It also has appeared on The New York Times Bestseller list. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Others seek to take over state chief judge's job Oct 13, 2008
Mario Cuomo in 1983, will leave a legacy comparable to its most famous chief judge, Benjamin Cardozo. He wrote landmark decisions on fiduciary duty, torts, contracts, product liability and other matters and joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1932. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Will the Trend Continue? Oct 13, 2008
Mario Cuomo used to talk about politics being poetry, with actual governing being prose. He was right. (Townhall.com)
ITALIAN CULTURE WARRIORS Oct 10, 2008
He and several members of the CCF joined forces with Margaret Cuomo, daughter of former Governor Mario Cuomo, to form the Italian Language Foundation, with Margaret as its president. "We needed an organized effort to save the program," says Tallarini, who serves as Chairman. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
2008 LINE OF MARCH Oct 10, 2008
MARIO CUOMO, RIDING IN A MASERATI, CAR B-5. NYC COUNCIL SPEAKER, CHRISTINE QUINN. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Saturday Night Slander Oct 3, 2008
Theres the recycling of old liberal ideas from the 80sthe idea that Obama may just be a multi-cultural reincarnation of Mario Cuomo. Of course, there are also a number of things about an Obama Presidency that wouldnt be funny at all: the virtual certainty of taxpayer-funded abortions, diplomatic niceties with rogue governments, a dangerous abandonment of Iraq. (Townhall.com)
GEORGE WILL: Is McCain Fit for the Presidency? Sep 24, 2008
On "60 Minutes" Sunday evening, McCain, saying "this may sound a little unusual," said that he would like to replace Cox with Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic attorney general of New York who is the son of former governor Mario Cuomo. McCain explained that Cuomo has "respect" and "prestige" and could "lend some bipartisanship." Conservatives have been warned. (The Drudge Report)
Readers due for a feast on Lincoln Sep 23, 2008
Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer, cochairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, worked with Governor Mario Cuomo of New York in the 1990s and remembers attending a meeting with Cuomo and a delegation of Polish teachers looking for books for their impoverished school libraries. "We said, 'What books do you need?' " Holzer recalled, "and they said, 'We want books on Lincoln.' ". (Boston Globe)
College Board may end Italian AP test Sep 21, 2008
"It's a formidable task we are facing. We realize that. But we also feel there is nothing more important to the Italian-American community than the preservation of Italian language education, and the AP is central to that," said Margaret Cuomo, daughter of former New York governor Mario Cuomo and a leader in the national effort to save the test. Advanced Placement exams test high school students' grasp of college-level material and also lend luster to subject areas and to students. (Boston Globe)
$54M tax scheme alleged Sep 19, 2008
He said Leonard flew various missions, including ferrying governors George Pataki and Mario Cuomo, and others. From 2002 to 2006, his new employer, Florida-based Pinnacle Quest International, sold illegal tax evasion schemes to hundreds of people, a federal indictment unsealed this month alleges. (Albany Times Union)
In months, N.Y. politics go from red hot to ice cold Sep 17, 2008
Former governor Mario Cuomo became an instant national celebrity after his "Tale of Two Cities" keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic convention, and he seemed poised to be a serious contender for the nomination in 1988 and 1992, but he never put his hat in the ring. "All you need is the right circumstance," he said this week when asked what it takes to be a hit on the national stage. (USA Today)
No heir apparent for exiting chief judge Sep 16, 2008
Mario Cuomo named her chief judge of the Court of Appeals on Feb. 22, 1993. Never before had a woman led the Empire State's judicial system -- and before Cuomo made Kaye an associate judge in 1983, no woman had even served on the court. (Albany Times Union)
RTNDA to Honor TV Journalist Tim Ru... Sep 15, 2008
Mario Cuomo, from 1983-84, and as special counsel to New York Senator. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, from 1977-82. (Suite101.com)
The discreet charm of Republican women Sep 13, 2008
Of course, the Hamlets of American politics, such as Adlai Stevenson and Mario Cuomo, never get to be king. Successful, female, Democratic politicians are like affirmative-action babies; they always feel that the story of their rise must validate the core myths of feminism that they hold so dear. (Boston Globe)
Without Bonds questions, retired Aaron all smiles Sep 12, 2008
Aaron's name, and his association with Selig, are believed to be advantages for the Sports Acquisition group, which also includes former Republican Congressman Jack Kemp and Mario Cuomo, the ex-New York governor. "Some friends who I know very well in New York City and some people I've known for years decided to put my name in there, and I serve on the board and they probably just put my name on there," he said. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Pew: Many Recognize Media's Pro-Obama Bias, Democrats Prefer CNN Sep 10, 2008
To mark the 40th anniversary of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's death, Good Morning America's Claire Shipman filed a fawning report on Thursday in which she compared Barack Obama to RFK. Splicing together footage of Kennedy and Obama, Shipman noted the "similarities" and nostalgically declared: "The search to shift that mantle, futile of course. But also a quintessentially American desire for, if not a happy ending, some sense of completion." GMA news anchor Chris Cuomo, son of former Governor Mario... (MediaResearch.org)
Gov Flies JetBlue Aug 31, 2008
It s not like former famous governors like Nelson Rockefeller, Mario Cuomo, or George Pataki were regularly seen flying that way. If they did, it would have been first class. (Fox News)
THE DREAM AFFIRMED Aug 30, 2008
Acceptance speeches - to paraphrase Mario Cuomo, a Democratic orator of some note - are the poetry of public life. Soon enough, Obama will have to write prose - to hang specifics on the generalities that informed last night's address. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The more things change... Aug 28, 2008
At the Democratic Convention, three eloquent and impassioned speakers - Governor Zell Miller of Georgia, Jesse Jackson, and Governor Mario Cuomo of New York - did their best to warn Clinton not to stray too far from the traditions of FDR, Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson. But Clinton's acceptance speech left me uncertain as to how much of their message he received. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Anderson: Obama Doesn't Know When Life Begins? Aug 27, 2008
Taking the "I don't know" approach is quite different from the one commonly used by pro-choice Catholics like former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who begins by stating a personal belief shared by most Catholics and evangelicals, that abortion is wrong, but then offers not to "impose" his belief as a public official. This formulation is popular among pro-choice Catholics of both parties, from Democrats Joe Biden and Kathleen Sebelius to Republicans Tom Ridge and Susan Collins. (Newsmax)
CATHOLIC JOE'S ABORTION WOE Aug 26, 2008
" How will Biden reconcile his pro-abortion views with these Church teachings? He can't use the old Mario Cuomo defense - I personally oppose abortion, but can't impose my views on society. He'd come into direct conflict with Obama. For Obama rejects the idea that moral principles are an imposition on the body politic. He said in 2004: "Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln,... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Aaron group wants to buy Chicago Cubs Aug 26, 2008
SPAC s board includes Tony Tavares, a former baseball executive with the Nationals; their predecessor, the Montreal Expos; and the then-California Angels; former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a one-time minor league baseball player; and former Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp. Asked about the perceived lean toward buying a baseball team by Atlanta Business Chronicle in January, Murstein said SPAC would be very open-minded to any of the sports. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Pew Finds Media Credibility Plummets to All-Time Lows Aug 26, 2008
After chortling along with Stewart's "eviscerations of the administration," Kakutani implausibly turned around and claimed the show isn't partisan and takes equal aim at both right and left, a characterization not even ABC's Chris Cuomo, son of New York's Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo, buys. Cuomo said Stewart was "clearly a lefty." See. (MediaResearch.org)
Pointless party conventions in the U.S. Aug 24, 2008
But in the past generation, the most memorable speeches have been given by politicians who were not their parties' nominees: Senator Edward Kennedy, who in New York in 1980 vowed that "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die," and, four years later, governor Mario Cuomo of New York, who argued at the Democrats' San Francisco convention that America was more a "Tale of Two Cities" than the "shining city on a hill" that Ronald Reagan celebrated.... (Globe and Mail)
Commentary: The poverty of Democrats'... Aug 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, Alan Alda, Kenneth Cole and Charles Grodin were just a few of the people I was worried about running into. But the question I kept asking myself was, why. (CNN -- Law)
AP: Clinton to Get Roll Call at Convention Aug 16, 2008
"Both sides have something the other wants," said former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, a Democrat who had previously urged Obama and Clinton to unite and run on the same ticket. "He needs her support.". (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Seneca leader blasts tax bill Aug 12, 2008
Similar state votes have ended when former governors George Pataki, Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo all refused to sign the bill. Reader Comments. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
State missing portraits of 15 governors, including Throop Aug 11, 2008
Mario Cuomo, who served from 1983 to 1994, but never provided a portrait. Eliot Spitzer, who served from January 2007 until March 2008, when he resigned after being named in a federal prostitution investigation. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Businesses brace for worst of economic downturn; banks, manufacturers, auto dealers say it's just a matter of time Aug 10, 2008
Mario Cuomo warned of slashing the state's labor force by as many as 10,000 workers to offset a $1 billion budget gap. Spending for big-ticket items all but ceased while state employees waited to hear if their jobs were among those on the chopping block. (Albany Business Review, NY)
TAXI GROUP HAILS CUBS, HANK Aug 3, 2008
Aaron made the suggestion at a board meeting of Medallion Financial, a taxi-medallion financing firm, where the Hall-of-Famer serves along with former Governor Mario Cuomo, former US Senator Lowell Weicker, real estate titan David Rudnick, banker Stan Kreitman and assorted other deep-pocketed New Yorkers. "We were all wondering what other industry has the growth rate and is as recession-proof as ours," said Andy Murstein, the president of Medallion, which holds 1. (New York Post -- Business)
Septalingualism: NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Latest Crazy Scheme Aug 2, 2008
Is it too much to ask today s Italian arrivals to speak America s common tongue, as did the forbears of such distinguished New Yorkers as Giuliani, former governor Mario Cuomo, Home Depot co-founder Kenneth Langone, and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. Before long, Bloomberg s crazy scheme probably will ignite demands for ballots in these languages. (Human Events Online)
IT'S THE SPENDING Jul 31, 2008
Mario Cuomo was fond of portraying the state as a victim of economic forces beyond its control; Spitzer devoted his brief tenure to explaining why it was perfectly OK for the state budget to continue growing at twice the inflation rate. Paterson, by contrast, has been willing to recognize that the state's own spending habits are the root of the problem. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Paterson Seeks Hiring Freeze, Spending Cuts Jul 31, 2008
He said former Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo, in 1990-91, addressed a fiscal crisis with "tax increases, borrowing one-shots and denial," which cost him his job. His successor, , cut spending and taxes in 1995. (WNBC.com, NY)
Roger Goodell comes to camp Jul 31, 2008
Former Bill Jack Kemp and former Governor of New York State Mario Cuomo have expressed interest in purchasing the team. Goodell had the following to say about the matter. (BillsReport.com)
NY GOV WARNS OF WORST ECONOMY IN DECADES... Jul 29, 2008
Mario Cuomo and Hugh Carey "to get their ideas on how to manage a fiscal crisis," the source said. To make his concern even clearer, Paterson will hold a private meeting today with Columbia University's Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the former head of the World Bank, who has called the current worldwide financial crisis the worst since the Great Depression. (The Drudge Report)
A Media Crush on Obama Jul 27, 2008
I felt a few chills when New York Gov. Mario Cuomo delivered the keynote address at the 1984 Democratic national convention -- which didn't stop me from blasting his message. You may assume Matthews is a shameless liberal. (Townhall.com)
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his acceptance speech during primary was almost as closed with few changes from Mario cuomo. the former governor of new York. (International Herald Tribune)
Bruno era carries high price Jul 20, 2008
The man former Gov. Mario Cuomo disdainfully called "the handsomest man in the Senate" departs on his own terms from a governmental career as spectacular as the ballpark he created. When he started out as Senate majority leader 14 years ago, he was greatly underestimated by any number of politicians, and certainly by many in the media -- myself included. (Albany Times Union)
How to dismiss a distraction Jul 20, 2008
Governor Mario Cuomo of New York had received a barrage of vitriolic letters from opponents of a bill he supported to require motorists to wear seat belts. He lashed back by comparing his tormentors to "hunters who drink beer, don't vote and lie to their wives." That triggered a new barrage, this time from the gun lobby, many of whose members do vote, causing the governor to shift into reverse: "My response was inartful," he admitted, "and could leave a false impression of disrespect for the... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Health bill seeks fairness for workers, retirees Jul 15, 2008
Mario Cuomo failed to find adequate answers to this problem, public-sector retirees have been asking for some means of assuring health care coverage with reasonable cost during retirement. With no permanent solution recommended, the Legislature has been regularly extending "temporary" protection limited to educational retirees. (Albany Times Union)
Supporters go to mattresses for AP Italian Jul 6, 2008
Prominent Italian-American groups and Matilda Cuomo, wife of former New York governor Mario Cuomo, have mobilized to save the course. Italian Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta has also weighed in with the nonprofit organization that oversees the AP program. (Boston Globe)
Take that, Mr. Pataki Jul 2, 2008
His toppling of Mario Cuomo in 1994 should qualify him as a national convention delegate for the rest of his public life. His prolific fundraising for the party ought to count for something, too. (Albany Times Union)
Post-Spitzer, a new breed of reformer for Wall Street Jun 27, 2008
"He's stayed away from personal vilification and gone after institutional corruption," said Meyer Frucher, chairman of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and a state official who worked for Cuomo's father, the former governor Mario Cuomo. So far, Cuomo has avoided the big public brawls that defined the tenure of his crusading predecessor, whose governorship ended with his notorious assignations. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Asking and Answering Hard Questions Jun 22, 2008
Last year, when he moderated the debate at the Cooper Union of Science and Art in New York City between former Gov. Mario Cuomo and my dad, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, he used crutches, due to an injury, to enter the stage door. But he walked out on stage and out the front door at the end of the event without assistance. (Townhall.com)
Political leaders pay tribute to TV's Russert Jun 20, 2008
Speakers included Maria Shriver, Mario Cuomo, Mike Barnicle and even the nun who taught Russert in the seventh grade. It ended with Russert's 22-year-old son Luke. (FOX 11, AZ)
Williams to host 'Press' this week Jun 20, 2008
Also on stage, from left are, Tom Brokaw, Betsy Fischer, Sister Lucille Socciarelli, Al Hunt and former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo. (AP Photo/NBC, Virginia Sherwood). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Russert tribute: Family, friends and the Boss Jun 19, 2008
Speakers included Maria Shriver, Mario Cuomo, Mike Barnicle and even the nun who taught Russert in the seventh grade ... Among the dignitaries were former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (MSNBC -- Politics)
TV's Russert gets a final toast from Washington Jun 19, 2008
Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor for whom Russert worked before entering journalism, said Russert believed politics "could be a saintly profession.". "It's not enough to think of him as a great journalist," Cuomo said. (USA Today -- Life)
Tim Russert's son sounds a theme of unity in U.S. politics at funeral Jun 19, 2008
Those who spoke at the afternoon service including Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York who once employed Russert as his counselor, and the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin labored at times to tell stories that they and others had not shared previously in the endless loop of cable coverage that followed Russert's death at 58. But the final appearance was one that was unbilled in the program and known, in advance, to only a few: a special acoustic performance by Bruce Springsteen, a hero to... (International Herald Tribune)
Letters from readers Jun 19, 2008
Newt Gingrich alluded to this in his Cooper-Union debate with Mario Cuomo. I don't think the public would be receptive to this format because it is long, they might have to learn something, would be perplexed as to what to do with the results and it would require some skill from the debaters. (Florida Times-Union)
The Russert Weekend RIP Jun 18, 2008
What you *might* have tried instead, dimwit, was to make some sort of comment akin to "Good riddance? Isn't that a little harsh?" and then trying your feeble best to make the case that there's some sort of value to the career of Tim Russert - lawyer, aide to Daniel Moynihan and then Mario Cuomo, MSM root-weevil, etc. - such that an impartial observer might have some tenuous reason to allow the possibility that he was more valuable walking around than soaking up formalin. (Townhall.com)
DAVID BRODER: Colleagues' fond memories of Russert Jun 18, 2008
Call: (800) 877-3400. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Tim Russert: Tough on Liberals and Conservatives Jun 17, 2008
Russert had worked for Democrats Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Mario Cuomo. How could a former political aide chair one of the nations leading Sunday news programs and remain fair and impartial. (Newsmax)
Russerts make plans for huge KENNEDY CENTER tribute... Jun 16, 2008
Tim Rusert worked for Mario Cuomo before becoming a reporter, and after becoming a reporter hired Campbell Brown, He was a classic liberal reporter. Maybe even a good one. (The Drudge Report)
This Day in History Jun 16, 2008
Birthdays Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo is 76. Rock singer-actor Johnny Hallyday is 65. (Montana Standard, MT)
DAVID BRODER:Russert worked fearlessly, loved generously Jun 16, 2008
When Tim Russert took over "Meet the Press" in 1991, he was already well-known to political reporters as the shrewd, inventive and very funny flack for Pat Moynihan and Mario Cuomo - a spokesman almost as quotable as those two marvelously gifted speakers. We didn't know what kind of a journalist Tim would be - or even if he was serious about being one. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Remembering Tim Russert Jun 16, 2008
Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1977-82 and then counselor to New York s Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo from 1982-84; I thought of him as I have a lot of Hill staffers as someone who would make a move for office himself when the right opportunity arose. Sure enough, when Rep. (Human Events Online)
Pressing on: What next for 'Meet the Press'? Jun 16, 2008
Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Gov. Mario Cuomo. Russert became Washington bureau chief in 1988 and took over Meet the Press in 1991. (USA Today)
Tim Russert, dead at 58, famous for preparation, wit Jun 15, 2008
" The 58-year-old Russert not only hosted Meet The Press and directed NBC's Washington bureau, he was a network vice president, a fixture in political coverage on both NBC and its corporate cousin MSNBC, and a regular presence on the MSNBC website. (He filed his final piece, a discussion of how Internet rumors are affecting the presdiential race, just hours before his death.)But he started out not in journalism but politics. After graduating from law school, he worked on the New York campaigns... (Anchorage Daily News)
No rest for weary as race gets off to fast start Jun 15, 2008
Mr. Duberstein and a Democratic counterpart, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, both see a combination of voter engagement and an all-swallowing media vacuum that both campaigns are compelled to fill lest their opponent do it for them. "Cable, YouTube -- all of that is totally different," said Mr. Duberstein. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Passion for politics propelled newsman Russert Jun 15, 2008
" During the 2000 election-night coverage, Mr. Russert was in his element and in rare form, using an old-fashioned dry-erase board while everyone around him was awash in computer graphics. Viewers could sense Mr. Russert's fascination with the political process, the thrill and astonishment he was experiencing as the oddities of that night slowly unfolded. If the kid-in-a-candy-store metaphor ever applied, it was to Mr. Russert that night - he cited history, law and political punditry and beamed... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tim Russert, one of the good guys Jun 15, 2008
There was little fanfare four decades later when Russert, who had been schooled in politics as a sharp-elbowed aide to New York's two great political intellectuals, Pat Moynihan and Mario Cuomo, replaced Garrick Utley as moderator at a time when the show seemed a relic of a fading era. But over the next 17 years, Russert, like no one in television history -- with the possible exception of David Brinkley -- came to personify and enliven the Washington interview rituals of Sunday morning... (Salon)
