My matrix looks like this.

 ['Hotel', ' "excellent"', ' "very good"', ' "average"', ' "poor"', ' "terrible"', ' "cheapest"', ' "rank"', ' "total reviews"']
 ['westin', ' 390', ' 291', ' 70', ' 43', ' 19', ' 215', ' 27', ' 813']
 ['ramada', ' 136', ' 67', ' 53', ' 30', ' 24', ' 149', ' 49', ' 310 ']
 ['sutton place', '489', ' 293', ' 106', ' 39', ' 20', ' 299', ' 24', ' 947']
 ['loden', ' 681', ' 134', ' 17', ' 5', ' 0', ' 199', ' 4', ' 837']
 ['hampton inn downtown', ' 241', ' 166', ' 26', ' 5', ' 1', ' 159', ' 21', ' 439']
 ['shangri la', ' 332', ' 45', ' 20', ' 8', ' 2', ' 325', ' 8', ' 407']
 ['residence inn marriott', ' 22', ' 15', ' 5', ' 0', ' 0', ' 179', ' 35', ' 42']
 ['pan pacific', ' 475', ' 262', ' 86', ' 29', ' 16', ' 249', ' 15', ' 868']
 ['sheraton wall center', ' 277', ' 346', ' 150', ' 80', ' 26', ' 249', ' 45', ' 879']
 ['westin bayshore', ' 390', ' 291', ' 70', ' 43', ' 19', ' 199', ' 813']

I want to remove the top row and the 0th column from this and create a new matrix.

How do I do this?

Normally in java or so Id use the following code:

 for (int y; y< matrix[x].length; y++)
     for(int x; x < matrix[Y].length; x++)
      {
        if(x == 0 || y == 0)
         {
           continue
          }
          else
           {
             new_matrix[x][y] = matrix[x][y];
           }


      }

Is there a way such as this in python to iterate and selectively copy elements?

Thanks

EDIT

Im also trying to convert each matrix element from a string to a float as I iterate over the matrix.

This my updated modified code based on the answer below.

A = []
f = open("csv_test.csv",'rt')
try:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    for row in reader:
        A.append(row)
 finally:
     f.close()

 new_list = [row[1:] for row in A[1:]]
 l = np.array(new_list)
 l.astype(np.float32)
 print l

However Im getting an error

  --> l.astype(np.float32)
       print l


      ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.