Andrew Cuomo announces run for New York City mayor as an independent | Andrew Cuomo
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he would work independently in the Mayor of New York after losing Zohran Mamdani as a democratic primary.
Many saw Cuomo as primary as a favorite, but eventually lost more than 12 points to Mamdani, the current member of the New York State Assembly.
Some corporate leaders, moderate democrats And the Republicans expressed their concerns about the stance of Mamdani’s progressive policy platform and the conflict of the Israeli-Palesty.
Cuomo, who resigned as the Governor of New York in 2021 after encountering sexual harassment allegations, faces competition from Republican Curtis Sliwa and the current Mayor of New York Eric Adams, who decided to work independently after the federal indictment.
According to a Politico report, people close to Cuomo’s campaign attributed the primary loss to a “an anemic voting effort”. While announcing independent runningCuomo thanked his supporters and said: ım I’m really sorry to disappoint you.
“As my grandfather said, when you are destroyed, learn the lesson and take yourself back and enter the game and I will do it.”
He just talked about Mamdani, not only the other candidates, but some of some of them. Including AdamsIndependent and Republican Candidate Just pull the vote Mamdani’s way to win away from each other.
“Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams, while entering each other to gain the approval of billionaires in the back rooms, our campaign continues to focus on their open desires for New York people and a different politics,” Published on Mamdani X.
Mamdani has support for 35% of registered voters, while 25% Cuomo was followed by Sliwa and Adams in the fourth place according to a survey taken in the beginning of this month. Slingshot strategies.
