Andrew Cuomo
From the April issue: Four years ago, Andrew Cuomo was a newly divorced lawyer living in a one-bedroom apartment Downtown. Now, he’s likely preparing to move into the Governor’s Mansion.
The eldest son of former governor Mario Cuomo has effected a miraculous political comeback since his failed 2002 gubernatorial campaign, thanks to what even his detractors call a remarkably successful turn as attorney general. And while anything can happen in politics, right now Cuomo is viewed as a virtual shoo-in as New York’s next governor — despite the fact that he hasn’t yet officially announced his plans to run.
His candidacy, as has been reported, is getting serious support from the real estate industry. Of the $18.28 million in campaign funds Cuomo has raised since 2007, $2.79 million, or 15.2 percent, has come from real estate and construction interests. At the equivalent point during the last gubernatorial campaign, then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer raised only $2.15 million, or 8.4 percent, from the industry. [more]
