Yes....I remember when Mario lived fulled time in the governor's mansion......
Cuomo to split time between Westchester and Albany
ALBANY -- After his inauguration speech Jan. 1, Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will be on familiar territory as he heads a receiving line at the 155-year-old governor's mansion on Eagle Street.
From 1983 to 1994, the Cuomos lived in the 40-room home while Andrew's father, Mario, served as governor. Like his predecessor, Gov. Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo moved his whole family into the sprawling, Queen Anne-style house with facets of other Victorian- and Edwardian-era architectural styles. Andrew Cuomo was in his 20s when his dad was first elected.
The Cuomos, who are from Queens, took pride in living there. Matilda Cuomo, Andrew's mother, is credited with renovating the mansion, which is on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, and doing a lot of outreach work to bring in visitors, especially schoolchildren, as often as possible.
"I think the Cuomos have a feeling that it's a very special building," said Assemblyman John McEneny, D-Albany, a local historian.
But times have changed. After being the primary residence of two governors and their families for two decades, the mansion has been less lived in during the intervening 16 years of Govs. George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson.
Pataki lived primarily at his Garrison, Putnam County, home, and Spitzer split his time between New York City, a home in Columbia County and Albany. Paterson's primary residence is in Harlem, and he said Thursday that he vacated the mansion in recent days for Cuomo.
While Cuomo, 53, has said he recognizes the need to make Albany a key residence, he will divide his time between the mansion and the Mount Kisco, Westchester County, home he shares with girlfriend and famous Food Network host Sandra Lee and with his three daughters, who are there several days a week. He also has an apartment in New York City.
Lee, 44, has a full-time business and career that's based in New York City. Cuomo aides have said Lee is not expected to have an official role in the administration. Any contribution of her time or participation would be voluntary and not at taxpayer expense, they said. to read more....click here..................
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