Andrew Cuomo has had a fairly long political career, from his time as U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Clinton administration to New York state's 56th governor. Here are photos from his time in those roles, as well as prior.

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The Cuomo family, from left to right, Maria, 15, Madeline, 12, Andrew, 19, Margaret, 22, Mario Cuomo, Christopher, 7, and Mrs. Cuomo, Matilda on Sept. 13, 1977.

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Andrew Cuomo speaks to lieutenant governor-elect Alfred del Bello in Cuomo's office at 2 World Trade Center in New York City on Nov. 18, 1982.

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Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario Cuomo, then-Governor of New York, speaks for HELP, and home for the homeless in Bellport, New York, on May 23, 1989.

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Mario Cuomo, right, discusses the Ossining hostage crisis in his World Trade Center office with his key advisers, clockwise from bottom: Michael Del Giudice, Lawrence Kurlander, Andrew Cuomo and Timothy Russet.

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Kerry Kennedy waves after her wedding to Andrew Cuomo at St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1990.

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Andrew Cuomo, left, and Charlie King, hold a press conference for the Doe Fund in Harlem on Aug. 22, 2002.

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Andrew Cuomo, left, candidate for governor, speaks at a press conference in New York City on Sept. 3, 2002, where he announced he was dropping out of the primary race where he was facing Carl McCall.

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Andrew Cuomo receives an endorsement for Attorney General from City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Feb. 26, 2006.

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Andrew Cuomo holds hands with his father, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, in victory as he gives his victory speech for New York State Attorney General at the Sheraton Hotel on Nov. 7, 2006, in New York.

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Sen. Charles Schumer, right, and then-New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speak during a press conference in Manhattan on June 10, 2007 about a federal plan to require complete and clear disclosure of student loan terms and fees on every application.

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New York State gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, left, and former New York City Mayor Edward Koch, right, take questions from the media at John Jay College after Cuomo received an endorsement from Koch on Oct. 5, 2010.

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Andrew Cuomo kisses his father, Mario, after victory is declared in the New York State gubernatorial race and he became the next Governor of New York State on Nov. 2, 2010.

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Then-Gov. David Paterson and then-Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo hold a joint press conference at the Governor's office in Manhattan on Nov. 9, 2010.

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Andrew Cuomo receives the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice New York during a press conference on the steps of City Hall on Sept. 29, 2010.

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Andrew Cuomo speaks after victory is declared in the New York State gubernatorial race and become the next Governor of New York State on Nov. 2, 2010 in New York.

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Former President Bill Clinton endorses Andrew Cuomo's candidacy for New York State Governor during a campaign rally held in New York City College of Technology's Klitgord Gym on Oct. 27, 2010.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo waves to spectators at the Little Neck, Queens, Memorial Day Parade on May 30, 2011.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, left, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy during a news conference at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Farmingdale in anticipation of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and former Gov. George Pataki on Dec 10, 2013.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announces projects fortifying critical coastline at the City of Long Beach Water Purification Plant in Long Beach on Nov. 10, 2013.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo greets Cardinal Timothy Dolan in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral during the 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade on 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Oct 14, 2013.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo endorses Nassau County Executive candidate Tom Suozzi, left, during a Democratic party rally at the Albertson VFW Hall Oct. 25, 2013.

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HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (second from left) and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (second from right) at the World Trade Center construction site during the governor's Sandy Resilency Tour on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Mario and Andrew M. Cuomo stand with President Bill Clinton after former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's coffin was carried from Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan on Feb. 4, 2013.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Nassau and Suffolk County Execitives Ed Mangano and Steve Bellone after the Build Back Better: New York Rising Storm Recovery Conference in the Hart Theatre at the Egg Center for Performing Arts in Albany on July 18, 2013.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, marches in the 33rd Annual Dominican Day Parade on Aug. 10, 2014.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shakes hands with New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo after signing documents during a news conference held after a 10-Day Bi-State Security Interim Report Briefing at 7 World Trade Center on Sept. 24, 2014.

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From left seated in the front row: Iris Weinshall, Senator Charles Schumer, Diana Taylor, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sandra Lee, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo President Bill Clinton, and Secretary Hillary Clinton on the dais before President Bill Clinton administers the oath of office to new Mayor Bill de Blasio outside of City Hall in Manhattan on Jan. 1, 2014.

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Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hold a news conference at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens to announce a design competition to modernize four of New York State's airports on Oct. 20, 2014. 

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo attended a Saturday morning program at the House of Justice in Manhattan, hosted by the Reverend Al Sharpton, during which the two discussed the importance of Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 18, 2014.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo makes a Sandy rebuilding announcement in Freeport on July 30, 2014.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stands with U.S. women's soccer team member Abby Wambach, reacting to a fan during a ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan on July 10, 2015.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo talks to then-Vice President Joe Biden at a lunch for motorcycle riders participating in the 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2015.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hugs his mother Matilda Cuomo as they watch a casket carrying Gov. Mario Cuomo at the end of the funeral for the elder Cuomo on Jan. 6, 2015, at St. Ignatius Church in Manhattan.

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Constance Malcolm, left, the mother of Ramarley Graham, chats with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie after the governor signed an executive order giving the Attorney General the authority to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians in New York State. The signing took place at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan on July 8, 2015.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks to the media with then-girlfriend Sandra Lee at the wake of NYPD Detective Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home in Brooklyn on Jan. 3, 2015. Detectives Liu and his partner Rafael Ramos were promoted to detective posthumously after they where shot and killed in their patrol car.

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Jay Schneiderman and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo lead the Southampton Fourth of July Parade through Main Street in the Village of Southampton on July 4, 2016.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio look over a mangled dumpster on Sept. 18, 2016, while touring the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Hillary Clinton, then-presidential candidate, attend a rally at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to celebrate passing of a $15 minimum wage in New York State on April 4, 2016. 

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is among those who cheer for the nomination of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 26, 2016.

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New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie before the debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Hofstra University debate in Hempstead on Sept. 26, 2016.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo held storm briefings with senior administration officials in New York City and on Long Island on how powerful weather conditions are impacting the state. The Governor also stopped to help a stranded motorist on the Sprain Brook Parkway near Hawthorne, New York, on Feb. 9, 2017.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo during an event on Aug. 8, 2017, at La Guardia Airport in Queens.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stands with Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino, left, and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, right, as he announces a $10,000,000 grant to Hicksville as part of rebuilding downtown Hicksville on Aug. 2, 2017 in Hicksville.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Jennifer Lopez at an event in the Javits Center to announce New York's support for the Puerto Rico recovery effort on Sept. 24, 2017.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo arrives in a 1932 Packard owned by Franklin D. Roosevelt during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the fist span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge in Queens on April 27, 2017.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks about the Bethpage plume on Dec. 21, 2017 in Farmingdale.

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New York Islanders owner Jon Ledecky and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announce a new arena being built at the Belmont Racetrack bring the Islanders back to Long Island on Dec. 20, 2017, in Elmont.

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Billy Joel and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pose together with a piano that will be on display as a permanent tribute during a press conference to celebrate Billy Joel's 100th lifetime concert at Madison Square Garden on July 18, 2018, in New York.

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New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul and New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, left, wave to supporters after being elected to a third term in Manhattan on Nov. 6, 2018.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo holds Maura Escudero, 3 months, of Valley Stream, next to Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, left, while giving out Christmas gifts to children at the MLK Center in Long Beach on Dec. 21, 2018.

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Rep. Nydia Velazquez, left, with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, attend a news conference in Manhattan on April 19, 2018, when Cuomo announced he's directing the New York Power Authority to deploy a team of utility experts to assist with power restoration amid the latest island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo mingles with supporters during a get out the vote rally at the IBEW Local 25 offices in Hauppauge on Nov. 4, 2018.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo accepts the nomination for Governor of the State of New York at opening day of the New York State Democratic Convention at Hofstra University on May 24, 2018, in Hempstead.

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Hillary Clinton endorses Andrew Cuomo for Governor of the State of New York at opening day of the New York State Democratic Convention at Hofstra University on May 23, 2018, in Hempstead.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the Brentwood Recreational Center in Brentwood on April 11, 2018, where he signed a bill for $11.5 million to provide at-risk youths with social programs and other activities. Joining him were, from left to right, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone; assemblyman Phil Ramos; Nassau County Executive Laura Curran; and Sen. Phil Boyle.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo conducts a IJ overhaul on the rails at the access 38th street yard under the 9th Avenue Subway station in Brooklyn on April 12, 2018.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran attend a presser in Hampton Bays before heading onto a boat to watch former Tappan Zee Bridge materials and other matter deploy in the Shinnecock reef off of Hampton Bays on May 31, 2018.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio shake hands during a press conference after Amazon officially announced that it will move its new headquarters to Long Island City in Queens, at the Governor's office in Manhattan, on Nov. 13, 2018.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hugs Gina Lieneck, of Deer Park, who lost her daughter Brianna in a boating accident, prior to signing legislation -- Brianna's Law -- to phase in requirements that all operators of motorized watercraft must complete a state-approved boating safety course, held at Tanner Park, in Copiague on Aug. 6, 2019.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, is joined by Julianne Moore, seated left, Mira Sorvino, seated right, members of TIMES UP and others as he signs legislation that lengthens both the criminal and civil statute of limitations for rape and other sex crimes, in Manhattan on Sept. 18, 2019.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, stands with Islanders owner Jon Ledecky, left, and Islanders Captain Anders Lee, as they break ground on the new arena at Belmont Park on Sept. 21, 2019 in Elmont.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Lainie Alvarez, the wife of Luis Alvarez, joined about 700 other motorcycle riders who participate in the 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride outside the Javits Convention Center on Sept. 11, 2019. Lainie Alvarez's husband, NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez, was exposed of and developed cancer from working on Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. He died just weeks after testifying on behalf of other 9/11 responders.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Billy Joel and local and state officials, signing a saving our waters legislation at Jones Beach Theater on April 29, 2019 in Wantagh.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Billy Joel and local and state officials after signing a saving our waters legislation at Jones Beach Theater on April 29, 2019 in Wantagh.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, left, and MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber, right, tour the rehabilitation work in the L train's Canarsie tunnel in Brooklyn on Sept. 29, 2019.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo elbow-bumps Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on March 5, 2020, to show a safe alternative to shaking hands during a news conference announcing the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Long Island.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo receives a nasal swab COVID-19 test during a news conference in the Red Room of the New York State Capitol Building in Albany on May 17, 2020. 

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivers a COVID-19 update at Northwell Health on May 19, 2020 in Manhasset.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo waves after riding the New York City subway 7 train into the city on June 8, 2020, when New York City entered "Phase 1" of a four-part reopening plan after spending more than two months under lockdown.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hands a pen to New York State NAACP President Hazel Dukes after signing a series of bills that would create police reforms in New York State on June 12, 2020.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at a press conference about funding for artifical reefs in Point Lookout on Sept. 16, 2020.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol on Jan. 11, 2021, in Albany.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks during a press conference before the opening of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Queens on Feb. 24, 2021.

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