Mario Cuomo

At former three-term New York governor Mario Cuomo’s funeral service Tuesday, his son, current governor Andrew Cuomo, eulogized him as a philosopher, poet, advocate, and crusader.

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo’s legacy as a liberal champion and powerful orator was remembered at his funeral Tuesday by one who knew him best — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his son.

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.

Former New York State governor Mario Cuomo died Thursday at age 82, hours after his son, current governor Andrew Cuomo, was sworn in to his second term and gave an inaugural address that paid tribute to his father.

Charles “Joe” Hynes broke onto the national scene in the 1980s as the special prosecutor appointed by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo to investigate a notorious racial attack in Howard Beach, Queens.