"When Andrew Cuomo decided to ignore the advice of many of his supporters and jump back into the New York City mayoral election after a bruising primary defeat, his campaign knew it needed to do one thing: turn the race into a two-person contest with Zohran Mamdani. And so Cuomo savaged Mamdani over his rent-stabilized apartment, ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, a vacation to Uganda, and his shifting positions on policing, while mostly ignoring the rest of the field."
"Cuomo, the resistance hero who was once seen as a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has been talking up his close ties to Donald Trump. Mamdani, the democratic socialist who won the primary despite statements about how the NYPD is a rogue organization that should be abolished and capitalism equals theft, has been meeting with business leaders and racking up endorsements from rank-and-file Democrats."
Andrew Cuomo reentered the New York City mayoral election after a bruising primary defeat and focused his campaign on framing the contest as a two-person race with Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo attacked Mamdani over a rent-stabilized apartment, ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, a Uganda vacation, and shifting positions on policing while largely ignoring other candidates. The race has become unusually chaotic: Cuomo touts close ties to Donald Trump; Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has met with business leaders and won endorsements despite radical past statements. Eric Adams failed to convert post-primary momentum, and Republican Curtis Sliwa proposed a feral-cat brigade to address the city’s rat problem. After Labor Day, reports emerged that Trump tried to persuade Adams and Sliwa to drop out by offering administration jobs or sinecures to clear a path for Cuomo, with supporters including John Catsimatidis advocating the move.
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