Cuomo's work earned HUD the prestigious "Innovations
in American Government Award" from the Ford Foundation
and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,
on three separate occasions.
As Secretary, Cuomo made fighting racial discrimination a
key focus and brought 2,000 anti-discrimination cases all
across the country. In addition, Cuomo led a national coalition
of 400 mayors and law enforcement officials to fight the scourge
of gun violence. The effort included the successful negotiation
of a global settlement designed to change the way gun manufacturers
design, market and distribute hand guns.
Cuomo established Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged
(HELP) in 1986, which became the nation's largest private
provider of transitional housing for the homeless. Based on
his pioneering work through HELP, Cuomo was appointed by New
York City Mayor David Dinkins in 1991 to lead the New York
City Commission on the Homeless.
Cuomo first practiced law as an Assistant District Attorney
in Manhattan. He has also worked as a partner in a New York
City law firm and was Of Counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson.
Cuomo graduated from Fordham University in 1979 and Albany
Law School in 1982. He is the father of three daughters, twins
Mariah and Cara who are 11 years old and Michaela who is 9.
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