Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared his candidacy for mayor of New York City on March 1, 2025. In a video address, he expressed concerns about the city's current state, highlighting issues like homelessness and crime. He criticized political leaders for failing to address these crises effectively. Despite his controversial past, including resignation over harassment allegations, polls show Cuomo as the current front-runner. He acknowledges his past mistakes and advocates for measures like increasing police force and improving public safety services.
You feel it when you walk down the street and try not to make eye contact with a mentally ill homeless person or when the anxiety rises up in your chest as you're walking down into the subway. You see it in the empty storefronts, the graffiti, the grime, the migrant influx, the random violence...the city just feels threatening, out of control, and in crisis.
These conditions exist not as an act of God but rather as an act of our political leaders - or more precisely - the lack of intelligent action by many of our political leaders. But New Yorkers know the simple answer of what to do when there's a crisis: You lead, you act, you do.
Did I always do everything right in my years of government service? Of course not. Would I do some things differently knowing what I know now -certainly. Did I make mistakes, some painfully? Definitely, and I believe I learned from them and that I am a better person for it.
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