NY governor Andrew Cuomo will write memoir for 2014
New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo will release a memoir in 2014 that will be published by HarperCollins.
Cuomo鈥檚 memoir will be 鈥渁 full and frank look at his public and private life 鈥� from his formative years in Queens, New York, his long record of fighting for justice and championing government reform, his commitment to public service, and his election and service as the 56th Governor of New York State,鈥� according to a from the publisher.
In the deal, Cuomo was represented by lawyer Robert Barnett. Barnett has also worked for politicians such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.听
鈥淗e will reveal the story of his history and will share personal and private moments that shaped his life: his father's legacy, his personal trials and tribulations, and his role as a father to his three girls,鈥� HarperCollins said of the book in a .
According to , the publisher is trying to decide what to do about a planned biography of Cuomo that HarperCollins was going to release. New York Post columnist Fredric U. Dicker was going to pen a book about Cuomo to be released this year, but relations between Dicker and Cuomo have grown frosty, according to the Times.
HarperCollins representative Tina Andreadis said Dicker鈥檚 book is still under contract.
Cuomo鈥檚 memoir announcement comes as those in the political world speculate on whether he鈥檒l try for a presidential run in 2016. A article reported that Cuomo would not run for president if Clinton decided to do so, but Cuomo refuted the article.
鈥淭here is no truth to the assertion that I am talking presidential politics and strategy and what Hillary Clinton should do or shouldn鈥檛 do or what I鈥檓 doing presidentially,鈥� Cuomo said, according to the . 鈥淭he only discussions I鈥檓 having are how to help this state鈥� and to the extent that I鈥檓 focusing on politics, it鈥檚 my race next year.鈥�
