"Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminded business leaders on Wednesday that socialism already failed New York City when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and progressive activists rallied against Amazon's plan to build a headquarters in Queens. During Crain's New York Business mayoral forum Wednesday morning, less than one month away from Election Day, Cuomo railed against the threat that Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's policies pose to the city's economy."
""We are not socialists," Cuomo said. "We all saw the foreshadowing of the danger of this philosophy when we lost the Amazon project in Queens and 50,000 jobs due to socialist opposition." Cuomo told business leaders New York City is at a crossroads - it will either "decline dramatically" under Mamdani or "pivot and actually see a rebirth." "My opponent's proposal to provide free everything funded by raising taxes is pure ideological fantasy," Cuomo said during his opening remarks."
Andrew Cuomo criticized Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for advocating Democratic socialist policies and warned those policies would harm New York City's economy and jobs. Cuomo cited the cancellation of Amazon's planned Queens headquarters after rallies by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and progressive activists as evidence that socialist opposition cost the city jobs. Cuomo said the city faces a crossroads between decline under socialist policies or a rebirth under different leadership. Cuomo called proposals to provide free services funded by tax increases an ideological fantasy and emphasized New York's role as a regulated capitalist financial and commercial center.
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