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Posted on 07/14/2025 8:24:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent in the mayoral race, blasted Andrew Cuomo for deciding to do the same.
The former New York governor's move comes after he lost to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. He's also planning to ask all other candidates in the race, not including the assemblyman, to drop out by mid-September if they’re not in the lead, reports The New York Post.
Adams, however, showed zero interest in going along with Cuomo's plan.
“Are you kidding me?” he told The New York Post. “I didn’t lose in the primary."
His campaign then put out a statement later Sunday, taking the former governor to the woodshed.
“Andrew Cuomo lost the Democratic primary by double digits and is now doing the same thing he did to respected leaders like Charlie King, Governor David Paterson, and Carl McCall, Assembly Keith Wright,” the campaign wrote in a searing statement.
“This kind of political double-dealing is exactly why so many New Yorkers have lost trust in him. The people spoke loudly — he lost. Yet he continues to put himself over the number one goal- beating Mamdani and securing our city future,” the Adams camp continued.
“Let’s not forget the damage he caused as governor. Cuomo led the charge on a flawed bail reform law that made our communities less safe. He failed New York’s most vulnerable during COVID with deadly nursing home policies. And he signed a cannabis law with no enforcement plan, unleashing thousands of illegal smoke shops across the city.
“Now, in the face of a serious threat an inexperienced opponent, Cuomo is wasting time and dividing voters. He failed then — and he’s failing New Yorkers now.” (New York Post)
The most recent survey of the mayoral race has Mamdani leading with 35 percent of the vote, while Cuomo is 10 points behind at 25 percent, followed by Republican Curtis Sliwa at 14 percent, Adams, with just 11 percent, and attorney Jim Walden at 1 percent. One percent chose another candidate while 13 percent of respondents were undecided.
Cuomo insisted on Monday that he's "in it to win it."
“The fight to save our city isn’t over,” Cuomo said. “Only 13 percent of New Yorkers voted in the June primary.”
“My opponent, Mr. Mamdani, offers slick slogans but no real solutions,” Cuomo continued. “Every day I’m going to be hitting the streets meeting you where you are to hear the good and the bad. Problems and solutions. Because for the next few months, it’s my responsibility to earn your vote.”
Zohran Mamdani is an avowed Democratic Socialist and has a real chance to become the next mayor of New York City.
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These two numbskulls better get a clue. This is hundreds of billions coming through. It’s not NYC voters
If you thought NYC was a no go zone before it is about to sink into the abyss
This is the classic prisoner’s dilemma.
Stupid politicians lose at that game every time.
This guy that’s gonna win. He’s not a politician. He’s a plant.
Why would you think that? When I hear hoofbeats I think horses, not zebras. The recent poll has Cuomo down by less than 10; Adams is down by more than 20. It may be that Mandami’s 35% is close to his ceiling. He’s eminently beatable if these simpletons can get it together
My snap judgment after the primary was that Adams should stay in and Cuomo get out. But whichever of these despicable aholes can get the higher number of voters from the addled electorate is the one I favor. There’s no understanding the NY voters’ hive mind. Whichever way they seem to be going, so be it
And, no matter how you slice it, Sliwa needs to get out. Probably about 30 days before early voting begins. There’s no universe in which he wins
Split vote and the Muslim wins.
New York deserves everything bad if they vote for the communist
Agreed on Sliwa—if he can park his ego somewhere and start thinking about what is best for the city he needs to stop campaigning and endorse somebody (don’t know if he can get off the ballot at this point).
Then Adams and Cuomo need to lock themselves in a room and not leave until they have cut a deal.
Amen
How bad is Cuomo?
He makes Adams look good.
Eric Adams has to fight 2 or 3 opponents but remember Trump once had to overcome 16 well known rivals, most of them well funded with traditional party backers-—and he made it.
One way was trashing them all and pointing out their shortcomings.
Agreed, I thought the same thing about Cuomo - in exchange for not prosecuting him further.
Ranked choice is a flipping joke. I hate it so much.
No, but you would have. That's why you didn't run in the primary.
What is this Deep State that everyone talks about? I doubt that conservatives have any clear idea, or agreement, on what is the Deep State.
For instance, I don't think this Deep State has any involvement in local NYC politics.
I think the Deep State is a national phenomenon, primarily focused on finance and foreign policy, and embedded in the Pentagon, State Dept, Justice, and intel community.
Has nothing to do with Mamdani.
Thank You LORD, that I do not live in or near NYC!
We live about 65 miles from N.Y. City. For one year I was an I.T. consultant for Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center before 911. It was a clean and much safer place than it is now. If this infiltrator gets to be mayor the city will get much worse, anyone with any money will flee. And that’s my problem. In north western N.J. it is fairly rural, farms, fields woods, and houses spread apart. During covid with the shutdowns New Yorkers were buying up land and houses. Our property values have skyrocketed, but so have our taxes. They are also too liberal and want to change things. This is a very conservative area given it’s N.J. They complain about a barn that smells, are against any hunting, and will sue you for not mowing your lawn often enough. Some have become teachers and that’s a big problem.
bttt
I wonder what they promised Cuomo to stay in the race and split the anti-Zohran vote…
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