Cuomo courts Sliwa voters in Russian NYC neighborhood - warning against danger of socialist Zohran Mamdani

""There is no way Curtis Sliwa can actually win. Curtis Sliwa can only make Zohran Mamdani win," Cuomo said, recalling President Trump's brutal prognosis of the Guardian Angels founder's chances in the Nov. 4 election. "Don't believe me. Believe President Trump if you're a Republican" Cuomo told voters at the Ocean View Cafe, a Ukrainian restaurant on Brighton Beach Avenue. "President Trump said Curtis Sliwa is not ready for prime time.""

""families who escaped the former Soviet Union." "They escaped communism and socialism. A lot of people here are Jewish immigrants. They escaped antisemitism," she said. "We came to America for the American dream, for capitalism, for the free market economy, for opportunities for our children." "And what we're seeing now is everything that we escaped, communism, socialism, antisemitism is coming back into New York City.""

"The local councilwoman, for the 48th District, previously supported Sliwa for mayor - but changed her tune to back Cuomo after seeing polling results showing the veteran Democrat had a better chance of beating socialist Mamdani. "Curtis Sliwa cannot be mayor because he is not winning ... the only one who can beat Mamdani is Governor Andrew Cuomo," she said, referring to recent polls that show Cuomo between 10 to 25 points behind Mamdani and Sliwa lagging by 25 to 29 points."

Andrew Cuomo campaigned in Brighton Beach, appealing to Republican and Russian-speaking voters and warning that a vote for Curtis Sliwa would help socialist Zohran Mamdani win. Cuomo spoke at the Ocean View Cafe and cited President Trump’s assessment that Sliwa is not ready. Councilwoman Inna Vernikov joined Cuomo and said the local immigrant community fled communism, socialism and antisemitism and values capitalism and opportunity. Vernikov switched her endorsement from Sliwa to Cuomo after polls indicated Cuomo had a better chance to defeat Mamdani, with polls showing Cuomo 10–25 points behind Mamdani and Sliwa trailing by 25–29 points.

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