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Contents:

• NY GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S LEGACY: GUN LAW, GAY MARRIAGE, POLIL FDS
• CHEERG A GAY MARRIAGE LAW, AND ITS CHAMPNS
• CUOMO URG STAT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• AFTER PHG GAY MARRIAGE, CUOMO IS THANKED WH MONEY
• CUOMO VOWS PERSONAL PH TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• ANDREW CUOMO TO OFFICIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEFORE GAY PRI PARA
• 'HAVE TO DO THIS': CUOMO CHARTS URSE FOR GAY MARRIAGE NY
• ANDREW CUOMO OFFERS TO PERFORM GAY WEDDG AFTER COUPLE IS DENIED MARRIAGE LICENSE

NY GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S LEGACY: GUN LAW, GAY MARRIAGE, POLIL FDS

Nixon is gay and married her partner 2012, months after New York regnized same-sex marriage rights.

The New York Tim scribed as an “unexpected victory” for gay rights supporters and Cuomo as their “clear champn. 4 percentage pots, and the followg months, after the storm surg, Cuomo’s approval ratg bounced back up to 66-17 September, 65-19 October and 68-17 the Siena poll, Cuomo had a 77 percent favorable ratg and 16 percent unfavorable ratg Febary dropped to 68-21 June, then rose to 71-21 July after he signed the gay-marriage bill.

Grisanti, later voted for a ntroversial gun-ntrol measure and end up losg his seat as ernor’s prs secretary, Dani Lever, also said his remark — “When we started wh marriage equaly, the majory of the people this state were agast ” — was not a reference to his own ph for gay marriage, but to efforts datg to 2007 unr ernors Elt Spzer and David “royal we” level of nuance wasn’t clear om Cuomo’s ments, but gay marriage was ed much ls popular New York before 2009.

CHEERG A GAY MARRIAGE LAW, AND ITS CHAMPNS

Notice the qualifiers, before New York got around to , three other stat had passed laws grantg marriage rights to gay upl. Connecticut regnized gay-marriage rights through a 2008 urt lg that was dified statute 2009. Although Iowa and Massachetts had not “passed” laws, urts those stat extend marriage rights to gay upl years before New York took actn.

”The Pocch TtCuomo has plenty to brag about when to gay rights.

CUOMO URG STAT TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTCheerg a Gay Marriage Law, and Its ChampnsCred... Michael Kamber for The New York TimJune 26, 2011Two days after New York beme the sixth and largt state to legalize same-sex marriage, participants the 42nd annual gay pri para on Sunday ed the ocsn to reflect somberly on the gas and loss of the past year. Qun, who is gay.

Cuomo’s girliend, Sandra Lee, a celebry chef who has a gay brother, marched by his si. Cuomo, who was not nsired an early champn of gay marriage, beme one of s strongt advot, and some said they hoped his succs Albany would propel him toward the Whe Hoe.

Another man along the route held a sign clarg himself a “Homo for Cuomo 2016. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 15 of the New York edn wh the headle: Cheerg a Gay Marriage Law, and Its Champns. New York|Cuomo Urg Stat to Allow Gay Marriage ADVERTISEMENTCuomo Urg Stat to Allow Gay MarriageOct.

AFTER PHG GAY MARRIAGE, CUOMO IS THANKED WH MONEY

Cuomo, hailed as a hero at a gala dner for the state’s largt gay rights group, issued a passnate plea on Thursday for other stat to follow New York’s lead and allow gay upl to Cuomo, who choreographed the succsful ph this year to w legalizatn of same-sex marriage, received a standg ovatn that lasted for more than a mute om supporters of the group, the Empire State Pri Agenda. His voice risg tensy as he spoke, he also lled for feral legislatn that would bar discrimatn agast gay men and lbians hog and his most forceful terms to date, Mr. ” The ernor, who was given a learship award om the group, spoke at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers Midtown before 1, 200 his speech, he praised gay rights advot for their hard work and also thanked many elected officials, cludg his precsor, Gov.

CUOMO VOWS PERSONAL PH TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 28 of the New York edn wh the headle: Cuomo Urg Stat to Allow Gay Marriage. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAfter Phg Gay Marriage, Cuomo Is Thanked Wh Estr/The New York TimDec. 1, 2011In the aftermath of New York’s legalizatn of same-sex marriage this summer, gay men and lbians lnized Gov.

Cuomo is schled to fly to Los Angel for the first out-of-state polil fund-raiser of his 11-month tenure — an elaborate event at the home of a gay uple, one man the Whe Hoe rator and the other an HBO executive.

ANDREW CUOMO TO OFFICIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEFORE GAY PRI PARA

Mixner, a longtime gay rights advote and iend of former Print Bill Clton, for whom he had helped rally gay voters. ”Richard Soris, a senr adviser the Clton Whe Hoe who is now print of Equaly Matters, a gay advocy anizatn, said that for gay Amerins, Mr.

”“Historilly, we’ve seen that gays n be very anized both terms of liverg volunteers and liverg money to mpaigns, and right now, people are very exced about Andrew Cuomo, ” Mr.

'HAVE TO DO THIS': CUOMO CHARTS URSE FOR GAY MARRIAGE NY

”The four Republin state senators who provid the cril vot to pass the marriage equaly act have also raised money om the gay muny recent months. Cuomo raised money om the gay muny.

And June, he ved his supporters — gay or not — to a fund-raiser at the Broadway mil “Priscilla Queen of the Dert, ” an adaptatn of a 1994 movie about three Atralian drag queens on a road trip through the days after the Broadway event, the State Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage and Mr.

In the wee hours of the next morng, the ernor hosted lawmakers and gay rights advot at the Executive Mansn, and several of his ais joed gay activists at an Albany bar to celebrate the victory. Two days later, the ernor marched wh his girliend, the Food Network host Sandra Lee, New York Cy’s gay pri para. A gay magaze, The Advote, splashed his sg image on the ver of s September issue, and the Pri Agenda gave him a learship award at a gala Midtown Manhattan good will was quickly followed by money.

ANDREW CUOMO OFFERS TO PERFORM GAY WEDDG AFTER COUPLE IS DENIED MARRIAGE LICENSE

In September, two proment gay donors — Jon Stryker, the billnaire heir to the Stryker medil supply pany, and Jonathan Lewis, whose father, Peter B. Griff, a polil strategist active on gay rights issu, is one of the ma anizers the event, at which atten are beg asked to donate $1, 000 for cktails or as much as $12, 500 for dner.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 29 of the New York edn wh the headle: After Phg Gay Marriage, Cuomo Is Thanked Wh Money. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMarch 9, 2011In a closed-door meetg wh gay advot, Gov.

Cuomo’s long and at tim ght relatnship wh the gay muny. “This meetg was tend to send a statement directly om the ernor that this state is gog to lead on this issue — and he is gog to lead , ” said Richard Soris, the print of the gay rights group Equaly Matters, who participated the hourlong ssn at the Capol. Cuomo be embroiled a drawn-out, acrimon budget fight wh the Legislature — a distct possibily — he would most likely seek to let passns ol before jumpg to another ntent legislative meetg wh gay advot, and Mr.