Enews\capny\Jan2 “UNAFRAID TO CHALLENGE A COMFORTING NARRATIVE” -- “Mario Matthew Cuomo, 1932-2015: A national liberal champion when liberalism was marginalized,” by Terry Golway for Capital New York: “Cuomo became a political sensation through a medium thought to belong to another era: words. ... He was reared in a household of Italian speakers; English … was his second language. ... Cuomo was a relative political unknown in 1984, when the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Walter Mondale, asked him to deliver the keynote address at the party’s national convention in San Francisco. ... [H]e offered a polite but passionate assault on Ronald Reagan’s America, his shining city on a hill. “‘A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well,’ Cuomo said. ... ‘There is despair, Mr. President, in the faces that you dont see, in the places that you dont visit in your shining city. In fact, Mr. President, this is a nation—Mr. President you ought to know that this nation is more a “Tale of Two Cities” than it is just a “Shining City on a Hill.”’ ... “To be in that hall on that night 30 years ago was to be in Chicago in 1896, when a former congressman named William Jennings Bryan called on his fellow Democrats to hear the voices of those left behind, to prevent their crucifixion on a cross of gold. ... For Democrats who had never forgotten the San Francisco speech, ... Cuomo’s announcement [in 1992 that he wouldn’t run for president] ... was one of the great could-have-beens in modern political history. ... “Cuomo disdained the term ‘liberal,’ preferring to describe himself as a pragmatic progressive or a progressive pragmatist.” bit.ly/1DaeCPI “FIRST LOVE WAS BASEBALL” -- ADAM NAGOURNEY, Times, col. 2-5 at top of A1, “Governor, Governor’s Father and an Eloquent Liberal Beacon”: “Mario M. Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York who commanded the attention of the country with a compelling public presence, a forceful defense of liberalism and his exhaustive ruminations about whether to run for president, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82. ... [T]he death ... occurred only hours after Mr. Cuomo’s son ... was inaugurated in Manhattan for a second term as governor. ... [Cuomo’s] tortuous deliberations over whether to seek the White House had led pundits to call him ‘Hamlet on the Hudson’ ... “Cuomo returned to Manhattan to work for the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, write books and give speeches. He grew wealthy and, he said, happy. He was always attuned to how he was perceived by the public, and when invited to sum up his own life for this obituary, he characteristically turned to self-deprecating humor. ‘People asked me what I want as an epitaph,’ Mr. Cuomo said. He then reprised a line he had used many years earlier traveling across upstate New York, a fresh public figure displaying astonishing talent and obvious potential. ‘He tried,’ Mr. Cuomo said.” nyti.ms/1AhsWoN --STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT: “An Italian Catholic kid from Queens, born to immigrant parents, Mario paired his faith in God and faith in America to live a life of public service -- and we are all better for it. ... Michelle and I extend our deepest condolences to Marios wife Matilda, his children, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Maria, Margaret, Madeline, and Chris, ... and New Yorkers who loved him dearly.” --HOW IT’S PLAYING: Daily News, “SUPER MARIO: Liberal lion dead at 82 as son sworn in for 2nd term” ... Post cover (portrait of Cuomo, against a billowing-flag background), “MARIO CUOMO: 1932-2015” ... Newsday cover, “MARIO CUOMO: 3-term governor dies same day Andrew sworn in to 2nd term” ... WSJ Greater New York cover, “Tributes for a ‘Liberal’s Liberal.’” --The cause of death was heart failure, according to a statement from the current governor’s office. Mario Cuomo died in the evening, surrounded by his family. Governor Andrew Cuomo referenced his father as he was sworn in for his second term: “Were missing one family member. My father is not with us today. We had hoped that he was going to be able to come; he is at home and he is not well enough to come. We spent last night with him, changed the tradition a little bit. We werent in Albany last night; we stayed at my fathers house to ring in the New Year with him. I went through the speech with him. He said it was good, especially for a second-termer. “See, my father is a third-termer. But he sends his regards to all of you. He couldnt be here physically today, my father. But my father is in this room. He is in the heart and mind of every person who is here. He is here and he is here, and his inspiration and his legacy and his experience is what has brought this state to this point.” bit.ly/1K5B3Kt --WATCH and LISTEN: The 1984 convention speech (bit.ly/1wHHVDk); the 1995 Doritos ad (bit.ly/1HjhbkO); Alan Chartock, who interviewed Cuomo weekly on WAMC for 20 years, reflects (bit.ly/1zXq5DQ); the 1991 press conference when he waved off a White House run (cs.pn/1BbG2Fx) --LOOK and READ: Mario first takes the oath of office, 1983 (bit.ly/1AkYPy1); Cuomo on the cover of Time magazine, 1986 (bit.ly/1K5DOLO); “Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governors Perspective, delivered September 13, 1984 at the University of Notre Dame (ntrda.me/1I3rUhL) --Mayor de Blasio ordered flags at city-owned buildings to remain at half staff for 30 days. --Mike Lupica in the Daily News: “Only he, truly, ever knew why he did not run for President. But he did not run in 88, or in 92, when Clinton came out of Arkansas and felt as if he had come out of nowhere to not just take the nomination, but the presidency away from George H.W. Bush. So by this day in the New York City in the summer of 92, it had become official that the Cuomo, who had come out of neighborhood rooms as a Queens lawyer to be elected governor of New York the way his son would later would never go from being the son of Andrea and Immaculata Cuomo, from coming out of Briarwood, Queens, to hold the highest office in a country he had been taught was the capital of possibilities.” nydn.us/1HjxPAG --Ken Auletta in The New Yorker: “Unlike most pols, he had an active interior life. He spent hours reflecting on events and writing in his diary, not to tout his greatness but to formulate his own thinking. His bookcases were crammed with books he had read and annotated—works by Aristotle, Dante, Marcus Aurelius, and the Jesuit theologian Teilhard de Chardin. … In the early seventies, these talents allowed him to successfully mediate the seemingly unbridgeable Forest Hills housing divide—low-income public housing was moving into an upper-middle-class neighborhood—and in the process develop a citywide identity.” nyr.kr/1zY6S4V --The New York Post applauded a governor who “we seldom agreed with” for helping to save the paper in 1993. bit.ly/1Alb2mf ANDREW CUOMO CITES GARNER IN PUSH FOR POLICE REFORM AT INAUGURATION — Capital’s Laura Nahmias: Governor Cuomo took the oath of office for his second term Thursday, promising in a symbolism-laden inauguration ceremony set on the 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center to make New York the first state to tackle national problems of economic inequality and a flawed criminal justice system. Cuomo … said in his broad address, looking north from downtown at the city’s skyline, that the problems New York faces are the same ones facing the rest of the country. The remarks were unmistakably set in the context of recent tension over policing issues in New York City involving the Bill de Blasio administration, the police department, and the communities most affected by controversial policing policies. “In many ways the most severe problems we face go beyond the borders of our state,” Cuomo said, calling the challenges “profound.” bit.ly/1xzh2Zu --Watch video and read the transcript of the speech: on.ny.gov/13M6bxp --HOW IT’S PLAYING: Times, top of col. 1 (next to 3-col. obit), “Cuomo Putting Big Challenges On His Agenda: Goals for Second Term, but No Clear Fixes” ... WSJ, Greater New York banner, “Cuomo Set To Expand His Agenda In New Term.” A LOCAL, HOCHUL FOCUS—Capital’s Jimmy Vielkind in Buffalo: The Democrat talked about the “Buffalo Billion,” and was floated as a Bills quarterback. He spoke of new optimism in the city, and of his plan to replicate its success across Upstate New York. He did not mention criminal justice reform, a central focus of his earlier speech in Manhattan, won his loudest applause when mentioning the gun control law—the SAFE Act—that drew protesters to the windy green outside the History Museum and called for a minimum wage increase. He jabbed at the teachers union, saying, “Albany has been too concerned with protecting the pension rights of teachers and not concerned enough with the future of students.” But the overall themes—even the anecdote about Tim Russerts “introduction” to the Queen City and the three-day “recovery” it prompted—were the same ones he sounded in his last several speeches here. Although it was a tone-setting day for the dawn of his second term, the second event seemed less about the governor himself and more about his new lieutenant: Kathy Hochul. bit.ly/1Bq0m3H POLICE CRISIS in national press – WashPost A1, “A delicate balancing act for top cop in a tense city: NYC commissioner faces challenge from inside and outside department,” by Lisa Rein (who formerly covered Rudy for The Daily News): “In the days since two police officers were fatally shot in their patrol car in Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de Blasio has turned to his celebrity police commissioner for help weathering the biggest political test of his first year in office. William J. Bratton has often been the featured face of de Blasio’s administration since the shooting, emerging not only as a steadying presence in a nervous city but also as a respected national voice from the officers’ perspective on race and policing. ... “Bratton is now under political scrutiny very different from the kind he endured during his first tenure as commissioner here, when crack and crime rates dominated the headlines. ... Bratton has always been known for his frank style and enjoyment of the perks of power and prominence.” wapo.st/1K6dL7l PAGE SIX – “Ryan Seacrest parties into 2015 post-NYE hosting duties,” by Mara Siegler: “After hosting the Times Square ball drop, Ryan Seacrest was spotted partying at 1Oak. The ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ host stayed till 5 a.m., spies hanging with singer Rita Ora. Earlier Ora — in a sheer sequined dress, body glitter and an arresting Erickson Beamon headpiece with wings — was at the Top of the Standard with Katy Perry. Seacrest had also hit a Nobu Fifty Seven after-party hosted by Dick Clark Productions head Allen Shapiro, with Taylor Swift.” pge.sx/1xlKQGV FAMILY INTRIGUE -- Times A1, Jim Dwyer “About New York” column, “Real Estate Titan Sees Brother Wielding a New Weapon: TV” (online: “Real Estate Chief Fears Troubled Sibling Has New Weapon: TV -- Douglas Durst, in Rare Move, Speaks About Robert Durst Ahead of HBO Documentary”): “Douglas Durst recalled the last time he saw and spoke with his troubled older brother, Robert. It was on a short bus ride 13 years ago, a shuttle taking members of the fabulously rich Durst family to a wedding reception at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston. ... [In Feb.], HBO plans to broadcast a six-part documentary, ‘The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.’ “It draws on 25 hours of interviews with Robert Durst. Douglas Durst, 70, has not seen it. Nor did he agree to be interviewed by the filmmakers, Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling ... Often, Douglas said, it was hard to discern any rationale for Robert’s behavior or fabrications. ... In 2006, Robert Durst accepted $65 million for his interest in the family trust ... Last month, ... Durst pleaded no contest to urinating on the checkout display at a CVS store in Texas.” nyti.ms/140hGS8 ... HBO traileritsh.bo/1I441qf More on the film itsh.bo/1xzZAEd THE HOME TEAMS – Capital’s Howard Megdal: Man Citys decision to keep Frank Lampard from NYCFC is disastrous. bit.ly/1BqwPag --The Yankees traded once-elite prospect Manny Banuelos for lefty reliever Chasen Shreve and righty reliever David Carpenter. The Killer Bs, Andre Brackman, Banuelos and Dellin Betances, a trio of Yankee pitching prospects, yielded one excellent reliever in Betances. Pitching prospects have a really high failure/attrition rate. --The day ahead: The Pistons come to play the Knicks, losers of nine straight, at Madison Square Garden. The Nets go to Orlando. The Sabres host the Panthers. The Islanders play at Calgary. Niagara hosts Manhattan in college hoops. --Daily News sports back, “AIN’T THAT RICH! Lupica: Jets’ interest in Marrone recalls dark days of Kotite,” by columnist Mike Lupica: “Once, with another Jets owner in another time, the owner couldn’t believe his team’s good fortune that a coach from another team, one with a record a lot better than Doug Marrone’s was at Syracuse or with the Buffalo Bills, had suddenly become available. That coach was Rich Kotite.” nydn.us/140myqp #UpstateAmerica: Dozens of people took the Lake George polar bear plunge. bit.ly/1BpZr3a
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