Mario M. Cuomo, the former New York governor, has made a career of brokering solutions to tense standoffs, including housing crises, budget battles and a prison inmate takeover.
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo- Mediating, The Mets, & Madoff
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
In the coming weeks, Cuomo’s skills will be tested anew when he tries to resolve the bitter $1 billion legal fight between the owners of the Mets and the trustee trying to recoup money for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s financial fraud.
...But legal experts, colleagues, friends and former rivals said that in his more than four decades as a lawyer, politician and peacemaker, Cuomo had become expert at synthesizing mountains of information and grasping the broader legal context while doggedly pushing for results.
Meyer S. Frucher, a friend and adviser, said that Cuomo’s “persuasion is backed by the facts.”
“He’s verbal, he’s articulate and he’s been around,” Frucher said.
In the strictest sense, Cuomo is not a full-time mediator. Since leaving government in 1994, he has been a counsel to Willkie, Farr & Gallagher. His most notable achievement as a corporate mediator involved the establishment of a $500 million fund for victims in an asbestos case.
But the label of mediator is too narrow for Cuomo, whose career has been notable for its range.
Full NY Times article [HERE].
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