""Zohran, he's not a Democrat. By the way, he's never been at 50 percent in the polls, so New Yorkers get it. The problem is, Curtis Sliwa is a spoiler in the race," Cuomo said during a Sunday interview on the " Cats Roundtable " radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM. "And a vote for Curtis Sliwa is really a vote for Zohran Mamdani," he added."
""Curtis cannot win. Seventy percent of the voters are Democrat. Curtis has run 1,000 times. He's never come close," Cuomo said. "There's no poll that shows him close. He cannot win, put aside the fact that does he have the background of the credibility or the qualifications. He just can't win." Cuomo continued, "What he can do is take enough votes to make Zohran the mayor, and he's gonna make Zohran the mayor.""
Curtis Sliwa is portrayed as a spoiler who could siphon enough votes to hand victory to Zohran Mamdani, while Mamdani's status as a Democrat is questioned. A September Suffolk University CityView poll showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by 20 points, with Sliwa at 9 percent and incumbent Eric Adams at 8 percent. Seventy percent of voters are identified as Democrats, reducing Sliwa's chances of winning. Mamdani's platform includes rent freezes, city-run grocery stores, and free child care for all New Yorkers. The leading campaign issues are affordability, crime, and the economy. Three candidates took part in the first of two planned mayoral debates.
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