- Hugh Carey
Infobox Governor
name= Hugh L. Carey
caption=
order=51st
office= Governor of New York
term_start=January 1 ,1975
term_end=December 31 ,1982
lieutenant=Maryanne Krupsak
(1975–78)
Mario Cuomo (1979–82)
predecessor= Malcolm Wilson
successor=Mario Cuomo
birth_date= birth date and age |1919|4|11
birth_place= Brooklyn, New York
death_date=
death_place=
spouse= Helen Owen (d. 1974)Evangeline Gouletas
profession=Lawyer
party= Democratic
religion=Roman Catholicism
footnotes=Hugh Leo Carey (born
April 11 ,1919 ) was theGovernor of New York between 1975 and 1982.Early life
Carey was born in Brooklyn, New York. Carey joined the
U.S. Army as an enlisted man duringWorld War II , served inEurope , and reached the rank of major. He received hisbachelor's degree in 1942 and law degree in 1951 from St. John's University and was admitted to the bar that same year.Carey was married in 1947 to Helen Owen. They became the parents of Alexandria, Christopher, Susan, Peter, Hugh, Jr., Michael, Donald, Marianne, Nancy, Helen, Bryan, Paul, Kevin, and Thomas. Helen Owen Carey succumbed to
breast cancer in 1974. Peter and Hugh, Jr. died in an automobile accident in 1969. Paul, who served as White House Special Assistant to PresidentBill Clinton as well as 77th Commissioner of theSecurities and Exchange Commission , died ofcancer in 2001.Carey was a partner in the law firm of
Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey . Later in his life, he was of counsel at the law firm ofShea & Gould .Early political career
Running as a Democrat, Carey was elected to the
United States House of Representatives in 1960. He served seven terms. He served on the House Ways and Means Committee and led the effort to pass the first Federal Aid to Education program. He was elected Governor of New York in 1974 and resigned his Congressional seat onDecember 31 ,1974 . Carey was reelected in 1978, serving two full terms as Governor. OnJanuary 1 ,1983 he was succeeded by hislieutenant governor ,Mario Cuomo . Carey returned to private law practice with the firm ofHarris Beach inNew York City , where he still resides. He was the first congressman fromBrooklyn to oppose theVietnam War .Governorship
Carey was elected Governor with 58% in 1974, becoming the state's first Democratic Governor in 16 years. Carey is best remembered for his successful handling of New York City's economic crisis in the late 1970s. As Governor he was responsible for building the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center ;Battery Park City ; theSouth Street Seaport and the economic development of the outer boroughs of NYC. He also helped provide state funding for the construction of theCarrier Dome atSyracuse University . He is also remembered for preventingconservative legislators from reinstating thedeath penalty and preventing such legislators from taking away stateabortion laws.Upon taking office, Carey cut taxes significantly, reduced corporate taxes from 14 percent to 10 percent, capped personal income tax at nine percent, and reduced capital gains taxes. His administration also offered tax credits to encourage new investment. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=2&did=118625577&SrchMode=1&sid=16&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1205629469&clientId=56233]
Carey came into office with New York City close to
bankruptcy . He brought business and labor together to help save New York City from the fiscal crisis that befell it in the 1970s.Carey signed the Willowbrook Consent Decree, which ended the warehousing of the
mentally retarded anddevelopmentally disabled . His vision and leadership led to the community placement of the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled. He also made major strides in community programs for the mentally ill.Carey's tenure in office was marked by a growing awareness of the environmental consequences of New York's strong industrial base, including the designation by the federal government of the
Love Canal disaster area. Carey made environmental issues a priority of his administration.Along with Senators Edward Kennedy and
Daniel Patrick Moynihan and U.S. House SpeakerTip O'Neill , Carey led efforts to end the violence inNorthern Ireland and support peace in the region.Carey considered running for President in 1976 and 1980. Carey's first wife, Helen Owen, had died in 1974, and Carey later attributed his decision not to seek the Democratic nomination for President in 1976 to her death.
In 1978, he was challenged for reelection by then state Assembly Minority Leader
Perry Duryea . After a competitive, sometimes negative campaign, Carey was the first Democrat reelected in 38 years.In April 2006 Carey endorsed then-Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer as a candidate for Governor; Spitzer went on to win the election by a large margin, and was sworn in as the 54th Governor of the State of New York onJanuary 1 ,2007 .Governor Carey endorsed Senator
Barack Obama of Illinois for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.Carey currently sits on the board of Triarc Cos. [ [http://www.triarc.com/ir_governance_board.html Triarc ] ] , the
Nelson Peltz controlled holding company.References
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