Michael Oreskes

Mario Cuomo loved to tell the story of how his father, an immigrant from Italy, lost his business in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. “A broker jumped out the window and landed on his push cart,” Cuomo explained.

Mario Cuomo loved to tell the story of how his father, an immigrant from Italy, lost his business in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. “A broker jumped out the window and landed on his push cart,” Cuomo explained.