Word: cuomo
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More than 3000 students from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) gathered in Albany two weeks ago to protest the cuts made in the university system by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo...
...response to budget cutbacks ordered by New York's new Governor Mario Cuomo, Clifton Wharton, Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY) system said last month that two of the system's largest campuses may be forced to close...
...since the summer of 1963, when Eddie Lee Mays was electrocuted at Sing Sing. And for some time to come, this prototypical electric chair with the flip nickname ("Old Sparky") seems likely to remain nothing more than a grim curiosity. The state's new Governor, Mario Cuomo, promises to veto any capital-punishment statute the New York legislature passes, just as his predecessor did every chance...
...real crime, deterrence, while central to practically all punishment, is often very uncertain, and its effect on prospective murderers is especially unclear. Unfortunately, public discussion usually consists of flat-out pronouncements. Capital punishment, says Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley, "is a strong, plausible deterrent." No, declares New York Governor Cuomo, "there has never been any evidence that the death penalty deters." Neither is altogether wrong, but the stick-figure oversimplifications on both sides do a disservice to a complicated question...
...Mario Cuomo comes from behind Ed Koch/Lew Lehrman (Who outspent him) to win mandate against death penalty in New York State. Next President of United States...