From the Morning Memo:
Alumni staffers of both the Mario and Andrew Cuomo administrations gathered together last week for a reunion party honoring governors 52 and 56.
Nearly 300 former staffers, aides and their families attended the event at the Penthouse at the Park on 10th Avenue on Thursday night in New York City. They noshed on finger foods and, naturally, the event included a PowerPoint presentation by Jim Malatras, the former state operations director and incoming president of SUNY Empire.
Form the Mario Cuomo administration:
Former secretaries Mike DelGudice and Gerry Crotty and former Mario Cuomo operations director Marry Ann Crotty.
From Team Andrew:
Mylan Dennerstein, a former Andrew Cuomo counsel was there, as was former secretary and now-MTA board member Larry Schwartz and ex-secretary Bill Murlow. Incumbent secretary-to-the-governor Melissa DeRosa was there as well.
Steve Cohen, who served in both the governor’s office as secretary and in Andrew Cuomo’s term as attorney general attended. Former press staffers Josh Vlasto and Rich Bamberger attends as did Ben Lawsky, a former Financial Services superintendent, gubernatorial advisor and official in the attorney general’s office.
And the family of the late Drew Zambelli, Barbara and his son Drew, also attended. Zambelli, who died earlier this year, served as an advisor to both Mario and Andrew Cuomo.