... And soon to grace the wall of the dining room — aka the Founding Fathers room — is Lee's
recent birthday present to her partner, a letter from yet another famous New York governor, Franklin Roosevelt, that touches on the issues of his era, such as poverty.
One
recent Saturday, Mr. Cuomo, the former governor, showed up at his former residence, the Executive Mansion, and broached the unbroachable: before a crowd of about 100 relatives, friends and advisers gathered
to mark his 80th
birthday, he called his son, Andrew M. Cuomo, «the best governor in modern times,» and, according
to several of those
present, mused at length that the younger Mr. Cuomo might someday «have an opportunity
to serve at a higher level,
to serve the people of the United States.»