Gov. Cuomo Calls for New York to Return to Progressive Ideals from GOVERNING: State government news on politics, management & financ Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who spent his first two years in office establishing himself as a fiscal conservative, turned left in his third annual address to the Legislature, and sought to reclaim the state’s progressive mantle. www.governing.com/news/state/Gov-Cuomo-Calls-for-New-York-to-Return-to-Progressive-Ideals.html