"Why Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sometimes, literally, put on his father's old shoes"
From The Democrat&Chronicle
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Why Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sometimes, literally, put on his father's old shoes
ALBANY - For Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it's a source of inspiration, love and motivation. Sometimes he will put on his father's old dress shoes.
Cuomo gave a detailed, emotional and revealing explanation on The Howard Stern Show of why sometimes he will slip into the shoes of the late, three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo when he's looking for inspiration during the tumultuous governing of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To the current governor, his father was his best friend, his mentor — who he strived to be and who, he admitted, he still seeks affirmation even after his death on the day of Cuomo's second inauguration on Jan. 1, 2015.
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Putting on the shoes is almost my conscious affirmative of the void," Cuomo told Stern on Monday. "In other words, I’m saying, yes, I feel that void and now he’s gone and I feel that void even more and I’m aware of it. And I’m so aware of it that when I need to fill the void, I literally put on his shoes."
