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Andrew Cuomo: “The big fracture was upstate versus downstate [in New York].”

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

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When my father took over at that time, The big fracture was upstate versus downstate [in New York]. Yes, right. You lived it. Yes, we lived it. And upstate for non New Yorkers, primarily Republican leaning conservative New York City at that time, very, very liberal. (00:00–00:06)

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Asserts that historically, the major political divide in New York was between upstate and downstate regions.

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