FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com JANUARY 8, 2015 • THE COURIER SUN 17 For people with hearing loss who have been waiting for revolutionary hearing technology. INTRODUCING... The world’s First and Only hearing aid Clinically Proven* to provide Better Than Normal Hearing. Hearing Aids Exclusively from HearUSA Industry Leading 5-Year Protection Plan • FREE 5-Year Protection • FREE Unlimited Reprogramming • FREE Unlimited Office Visits • FREE Hearing Aid Batteries $1,500 Value Only available through HearUSA! Ultra Amazing! Experience better than normal hearing in noisy restaurants — clinically proven!* Clinically Proven* to Provide Better Than Normal Hearing Hear better in noisy situations than someone without Ultra Hearing Aids. They automatically turn background noise down while focusing on the sounds you want to hear. That’s something a person with normal hearing simply cannot do! FREE! Demonstration of the new Ultra Hearing Aids! Hear the difference between traditional hearing aids and the amazing “Ultra Hearing Experience.” Extended hours available upon request. Now open in New Howard Beach location! Elmhurst • Howard Beach Call Toll Free: 855.236.1707 FREE! Hearing Screening Call for details. Ultra Effective! Enjoy 360 degrees of hearing. There is no more need to turn toward whomever is speaking. Ultra Smart! Take total control of your hearing aids with our app on your smartphone. * Studies conducted at University of Northern Colorado (2014) and Oldenburg Horzentrum (2013) showed that Speech Reception Thresholds (SRT) in cocktail-party situations improved up to 2.9dB for wearers with mild to moderate hearing loss using the latest BestSound™ Technology with Narrow Directionality, compared to people with normal hearing. This corresponds to over 25% improvement in speech understanding. Photo via Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Flickr Mario Cuomo with his son Gov. Andrew Cuomo and wife Matilda Cuomo at a 2013 event. Former Gov. Mario Cuomo eulogized as advocate, crusader BY ERIC JANKIEWICZ ejankiewicz@queenscourier.com @EricJankiewicz Former Gov. Mario Cuomo was laid to rest on Jan. 6 after a funeral that was attended by hundreds, including the state’s leading political fi gures, who mourned the passing of a three-term governor who rose from humble roots in Queens to become a standard bearer for Democrats across the nation. The funeral at Manhattan’s St. Ignatius Loyola Church was attended by Bill and Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayor Bill de Blasio and dozens www.hearusa.com © 2014 HearUSA, All Rights Reserved. of politicians from both sides of the political aisle who heard his son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, deliver the eulogy. Gov. Cuomo, during remarks that were broadcast live on TV, described his father as more of a humanist than a politician. “At his core, he was a philosopher. He was a poet. He was an advocate. He was a crusader. Mario Cuomo was the keynote speaker for our better angels,” Gov. Cuomo said. The most prominent political fi gure to come from Queens, Cuomo died on New Year’s Day at age 82 only hours after his son, Andrew Cuomo, delivered an inaugural address for his second term as New York’s governor. Holder attended the funeral as a representative for President Obama. A day earlier, several national fi gures attended Cuomo’s wake, including Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cuomo’s former Republican rival George Pataki, who defeated Cuomo in a 1994 race for governor. Most knew Cuomo for his role as governor and a lone voice of opposition against Ronald Reagan’s conservative vision for America. But Cuomo fi rst gained recognition in Queens, where he was born, when a bitter dispute arose in 1972 over a proposal to build low-income public housing towers in Forest Hills. Then Mayor John Lindsay appointed Cuomo to mediate the dispute and he was ultimately successful, gaining him the title of the great facilitator. “It’s to his credit to care enough about lower income New Yorkers and put that housing in such a nice area,” said Diane Shaffer, who lived in Forest Hills during that time. “He left a wonderful legacy and I wish there were more people like him in government.” Cuomo lost two early political contests — fi rst a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in 1974 and then the 1977 Democratic primary for mayor of New York City when he was defeated by Ed Koch. He won his fi rst campaign in 1978 in the race for lieutenant governor. He ran for governor four years later, defeating Koch in the Democratic primary before going on to win the general election. Cuomo graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School and attended one year at St. John’s University before he was lured away from college by an offer to play baseball for a minor league affi liate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But after suffering a serious injury when he was hit in the back of the head by a baseball, he returned to St. John’s University.
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