Cuomo is responsible for his own initiatives which began after the 2014 election

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and which were accomplished in the course of his four term with a Democratic state assembly and a Republican state senate. Third parties don't get to grab the credit for the goals Cuomo achieved in spite of divided government.

When the public campaign financing commission rewrote state election election law in 2019, small third parties were impacted. However, all 21 of those third parties can still retain ballot access if they have a showing of 2% of the general election vote. Failing that, third parties can regain a ballot line through petitions.