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As a political conservative, I would like to wish Gov. Cuomo much success during his administration (“Cut the Sleaze,” Jan. 2).
Good government is something that should be beyond partisan bickering.
Lenny Rodin
Forest Hills
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It’s obvious that Cuomo is going to govern like NJ Gov. Chris Christie, because he’s seen that the liberal way of governing is a total failure.
Hopefully, he’ll stay the course while other Democratic governors pay attention and do the same.
JR Cummings
Manhattan
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Cuomo has been talking a good game.
Now we will see what happens when he faces his two major problems: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his lemmings and the unions and their purchased lackeys.
There are other serious problems in New York, but if Cuomo can face down these two, the rest will be like taking candy from a baby.
William Fisher
Suffern
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Four years ago, Eliot Spitzer came into office with a mandate for change like a fiery lion and soon left like a disgraced lamb.
Cuomo has also come into the office like a fiery lion. The question is: How will he be when he leaves?
Robert Lowinger
Flushing
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Oratory may have returned to Albany, but let us not forget that oratory is just words and that a governor is just one piece of government (“Andrew Cuomo’s Arrival,” Editorial, Jan. 2).
What is needed is a complete overhaul of government to give us just enough time to recover from the effects of the corruption and greed of those in charge.
J. Levenberg
Cedarhurst
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Let’s hope Gov. Cuomo’s “affordable government” program proves successful, unlike HUD Secretary Cuomo’s “affordable housing” fiasco.
Mark Kalinowski
Clifton, NJ
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When in his inaugural speech Cuomo referred to a competence, integrity and trust deficit, he should have looked in the mirror.
Cuomo’s just another smooth-talking, corrupt, snake-in-the-
grass politician leading a soon-to-be-bankrupt state into oblivion.
Robert Reeg
Stony Point
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Cuomo’s inaugural speech blew me away. It was delivered with grace, class and majesty, and there is hope for New York.
I am a victim of this recession, and Cuomo has given me a reason to believe and not to quit. He is the one we need to clean up this mess and bring us back to prominence.
Thomas C. Ginard
The Bronx
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Cuomo’s speech was made up of the right words, but I have the feeling that they are empty words spoken by a hollow man.
The proof will be in the pudding.
G. Schwartz
Fort Lee, NJ
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Cuomo is off to a good start in righting the wrongs of NY government.
If he wants to help local governments reduce property taxes, he should push to end arbitration panels, which have the ability to impose salary hikes on localities when it comes to police and firefighters.
The property-tax cap, which the governor is pushing, is only fair if elected officials at the local level have control over the salaries of all of our employees.
Paul Feiner
Greenburgh
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During Mario Cuomo’s disastrous tenure, New York state accounted for a large percent of all jobs lost in the United States.
My fear is that Andrew will prove to be a “chip off the old block” and that a bankrupt and corrupt Empire State will go the way of the Roman Empire.
D. Middlebrooks
Brooklyn
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While we are all hopeful that Cuomo can end the dysfunction in Albany, there are many entrenched members of the old guard who stand in his way.
If Cuomo is going to have any success, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and Silver must be among the first to go. Otherwise, a government by and for the people will never truly exist.
C. Compton
The Bronx