Donald Trump Considered Path to Presidency Starting at Governor’s Mansion in New York Donald J. Trump speaking at a Republican event in New York City in February 2014. He explored running for the state’s governor that year. Mr. Trump spoke in April 2014 in Albany against the Safe Act, a gun-control law signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo the year before. MARCH 5, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/nyregion/donald-trump-new-york-governor.html