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Governor Cuomo Gets Some Stage Time at the Convention

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  Governor Cuomo got his moment on the convention stage Thursday night before Hillary Clinton’s speech.   He started the speech by mentioning his father, and Mario Cuomo’s famous 1984 Tale of Two Cities speech at the San Francisco convention 32 years ago.  

Cuomo then went on to list his accomplishments, including raising the minimum wage in New York, and enacting paid family leave and marriage equality, and  banning hydro fracking.

Finally, he turned to his party’s Presidential nominee,  Hillary Clinton, saying he spent eight years in her husband President Bill Clinton’s administration, and worked with her as Senator.  He says Hillary Clinton is a “unifying” force.

Scott Willis covers politics, local government, transportation, and arts and culture for WAER. He came to Syracuse from Detroit in 2001, where he began his career in radio as an intern and freelance reporter. Scott is honored and privileged to bring the day’s news and in-depth feature reporting to WAER’s dedicated and generous listeners. You can find him on twitter @swillisWAER and email him at srwillis@syr.edu.