'So there's a lot of pride in being a New Yorker in the Pride Parade.' 'I'm so proud to be the governor of the state that passed marriage equality,' he said. Same-sex marriage in New York became legal on July 24, 2011.
Waves of cheers greeted the governor, praised for pioneering marriage equality. New York state can end its three-decade HIV crisis by the year 2020, Cuomo said Sunday as he outlined an ambitious plan to deliver a knockout blow to the epidemic by boosting testing, reducing new infections and expanding treatment.