Andrew Cuomo and The NYS Senate

In the wake of this months election we see the overwhelming takeover of our states Senate by the republican party. For a Democratic Governor that could spell disaster. With Andrew Cuomo's reelection, and more so campaign, he has been determined to hold a strong and point driven agenda.

Since the Republicans took the senate it was a bit of a set back for Cuomo. Yet as he has stated in previous terms and during campaigns, he has a great way of getting people to com to agreements.“You have wild liberals, you have ultraconservatives,” said Cuomo in an after election interview,“My job is to figure how to work with them, and figure out how to get all of them to a place where they’re satisfied or they have a win.”

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With the democratic agenda being quiet liberal it will be a miracle to get anything done says Thomas Kaplan from the New York Times.  Some things mentioned in Andrew Cuomos campaign were, Abortion Rights, Minimum Wage efforts, and even campaign finance laws. Yet on another note with some similarities between Cuomo's positions and Republicans, Cuomo is in a very good spot. Waiting to play motivator. He gets to play deal maker for another two years says Kaplan.

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In several interviews with Republican senators, they said their views math up surprisingly with The governors. His drive to create more jobs and lower property taxes line up directly with republicans. “He’s been able to get the kind of results that have eluded the powers in Washington,” said the president of the Partnership for New York City Kathryn Wylde, “I think we’re in a good place for that to continue.”