Andrew Cuomo
Bio | Andrew Cuomo is an American politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as the 56th governor of New York. |
Status and Position | Current Governor of New York |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, New York |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2022 Governor Election New York | New York | No | N/A | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Cuomo's contributions come from a variety of sources like Brookfield Asset Management, The Durst Organization, Fisher Brothers, etc. |
Voting Rights | He recently released an executive order to allow felons on parole the right to vote. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | He is supportive of universal healthcare and is specifically advocating for Medicare for All. He believes that Medicare For All would be affordable for New York's State budget compared to the Single-payer universal system. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | He is opposed to it. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | He is opposed to it. |
| LGBT Rights | For | He is supportive of the LGBT community He passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, which includes prohibiting conversion therapy. |
| Taxes | Against | Favors lowering taxes Supports cutting taxes for middle class and increasing taxes on the wealthy |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Believes that a flat tax rate is not a fair tax Supports cutting taxes for middle class and increasing taxes on the wealthy |
| Abortion | For | Supportive of reproductive rights act Supports federal funding for abortion and to continue to support reproductive rights even if Roe v. Wade is overturned |
| Gun Control | For | Believes that restrictions should be imposed to decrease gun violence Supports enacting laws that includes microstamping guns and banning assault weapons |
| Assisted Suicide | For | Supports allowing access to poison pills as a method of assisted suicide Supports enacting laws that includes microstamping guns and banning assault weapons |
| Government Interference | For | Believes that the government should impose gun restrictions |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Planned Parenthood endorsed Andrew Cuomo due to his constant support of reproductive rights |
| Welfare | For | Believes that HUD should focus on low-income based families Believes that food stamps should remove any common barriers like fingerprinting. Also, he is very supportive organizations for the homeless. |
| Welfare | For | He awarded 36 million to stem cell research groups. |
| Death Penalty | Against | He wants to remove death penalty bill Believes that the practice should end not only stateside, but nationally and globally |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | He has not publicly voiced his opinion on this subject |
| Military Spending | Unknown | He has not publicly voiced his opinion on this subject |
| War on Terrorism | For | Supports a domestic terrorism law that is punishable for shootings against race, gender, etc. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | He is supportive of global trade missions He is leading trade missions to markets in Mexico, China, Israel, etc. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic Has not made a public statement regarding this topic |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic |
| Affirmative Action | For | Supports Affirmative Action Loans |
| Government Spending | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic |
| Charter Schools | For | He wants to raise caps to increase the number of charter schools |
| Common Core | For | He has announced that the state of New York will work alongside of the Gates Foundation to promote the Common Core. He supports the change that Common Core will implement in regards to testing and learning standards |
| Clean Energy | For | Supports clean energy projects for the state He supports 20 new projects that will implement clean energy and have recently been passed. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic; although he recently ended vaccine exemptions for religious beliefs. Has not made a public statement regarding this topic; although he recently ended vaccine exemptions for religious beliefs. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic. |
| Border Control | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic. Has not made a public statement regarding this topic. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this topic. |
| DACA | For | Has advocated for the precedence of the DACA program. |
| Sanctuary Cities | For | He sued Trump's administration due they imposed legislation requiring the sanctuary cities work with the federal government. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | He is supportive that legal marijuana become part of the state budget. |