15 Facts About Steve Cuozzo

In 1967, Steve Cuozzo began attending Stony Brook University located in Stony Brook, New York.

In 1971, Steve Cuozzo graduated from Stony Brook University as an English major.

On December 18,1972, Steve Cuozzo began working as a copy boy in the city room at 210 South Street at the New York Post.

Steve Cuozzo would describe this in 2012 as one of his worst memories.

Steve Cuozzo was promoted at the Post in early 1979 to entertainment editor with the title arts and leisure editor.

On November 29,1980, Cuozzo married Jane Hershey, daughter of Solomon G Hershey, a professor of anesthesiology, and Lenore Hershey, editor-in-chief of the Ladies' Home Journal.

In 1993, Steve Cuozzo held the position of managing editor of the paper.

Steve Cuozzo arranged to have rival newspaper, the Daily News, lend the Post film.

In October 1993, the Newspaper Guild labor union went on strike and Steve Cuozzo was put in the position to help publish the paper with only editors and managers.

In October 1996, Steve Cuozzo appeared on Think Tank, a discussion program that aired on Public Broadcasting Service and was hosted by Ben Wattenberg.

In November 1998 at the age of 48, Steve Cuozzo took on the assignment as the Post's restaurant critic, in addition to his position as executive editor.

In November 1999, Steve Cuozzo began his weekly commercial real estate column, "Realty Check".

Steve Cuozzo attributed the decline of the newspaper restaurant critic to the dilution of the power of the critic through the numerous websites and blogs that allowed people to express their opinions about their meals.

Steve Cuozzo noted that restaurants had become bigger, more complex, and more press-savvy as other factors in the decline of the newspaper restaurant critic.

In July 2008, Steve Cuozzo appeared on Just in with Laura Ingraham, a news program broadcast on the Fox News Channel.