Cuomo taps top aide to run re-election campaign
Governor Cuomo is gearing up to run for a third term next year, announcing that top aide Bill Mulrow will serve as chairman of his 2018 re-election campaign.
As Mulrow heads up Cuomo’s re-election campaign, the governor’s chief of staff Melissa DeRosa will replace him as secretary to the governor.
If incumbent Andrew Cuomo is re-elected to a third term, he will equal a feat achieved by his late father, former three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo, who served as New York’s chief executive from 1983 to 1994.
Before serving as secretary to the governor, Mulrow was a senior managing director at Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager.
He also has served in many other government and Democratic Party positions.
DeRosa, who now becomes the first woman to serve as secretary to the governor, has been a Cuomo confidante for much of his tenure.
Before becoming chief of staff, she was the governor’s communications director and strategic adviser involved in advancing many of his policy proposals and dealing with key legislative players.