{"id":283,"date":"2015-01-01T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T18:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=283"},"modified":"2016-12-09T18:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:20:50","slug":"statement-by-speaker-mark-viverito-re-passing-of-former-new-york-state-governor-mario-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2015\/01\/01\/283\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Mark-Viverito Re: Passing of Former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mario Cuomo was a legendary Governor who served as a trailblazer and inspiration to all New Yorkers. As New York State&#8217;s 52nd Governor, Mario Cuomo overhauled New York&#8217;s aging infrastructure, strengthened our state&#8217;s public health programs and led the nation in enacting the country&#8217;s first seat belt laws. Mario Cuomo was a remarkable man and a gifted speaker whose renowned speeches and countless contributions to New York will leave a lasting legacy throughout our great state.<\/p>\n<p>I extend my deepest condolences to Mario Cuomo\u2019s beloved wife Matilda and Governor Andrew Cuomo who just this morning touchingly discussed reviewing his inauguration speech with his father. Mario Cuomo&#8217;s place in New York and in United States history is secure as a fearless advocate for the State he loved and all New Yorkers will dearly miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mario Cuomo was a legendary Governor who served as a trailblazer and inspiration to all New Yorkers. As New York State&#8217;s 52nd Governor, Mario Cuomo overhauled New York&#8217;s aging infrastructure, strengthened our state&#8217;s public health programs and led the nation in enacting the country&#8217;s first seat belt laws. Mario Cuomo was a remarkable man and a gifted speaker whose renowned speeches and countless contributions to New York will leave a lasting legacy throughout our great state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2015\/01\/01\/283\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}