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Cuomo Says He’s Open to Running for Governor, Starting New Party

Three-term Democrat created Women’s Equality Party in 2014
Ex-governor calls for less anger in politics during remarks

Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York in 2020. — Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York in 2020.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

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March 17, 2022, 4:11 PM UTCUpdated onMarch 17, 2022, 6:16 PM UTC

Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he’s open to running for New York governor again -- and would consider creating his own political party to do so.

The three-term Democrat, who resigned in August amid a sexual-harassment scandal, delivered his second public address in as many weeks, this time to a group of clergy packed into a small storefront pentecostal church in the Bronx.