“I don’t know if we get another one like this again.” With a tone best described as triumphant wonderment, those are the words New York Governor Andrew Cuomo chose to begin his account of how he led the state’s leading marriage equality advocates to victory on June 24.
In an interview with Gay City News four days after that win, the governor said, “Let’s face it, this was a long shot,” when asked where his confidence in winning the battle during his first six months in office came from.
“I didn’t have confidence,” Cuomo continued. “I had commitment to make the effort to get this done.”
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