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Andrew Cuomo: “Being mayor is a complicated job. It's 300,000 employees…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Andrew Cuomo talks about the state of NYC mayoral race

Published | Video Starts at 07:56

This is basically if he wins as mayor, it's basically his first job. He was a rapper, an assemblyman for two terms. He only passed three bills and he was absent more than anyone else. So Being mayor is a complicated job. It's 300,000 employees, it's $115 billion budget. And it is a situation where on any given day you can deal with any unknown crisis. There's a difference between an executive position and a legislative position. (07:56–08:06)

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Asserts the complexity of the mayoral role in New York City, involving a large workforce and budget.

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