Posted on 07/14/2025 4:02:33 PM PDT by KingofZion
Andrew Cuomo isn’t giving up yet on his political comeback.
The former governor plans to mount a competitive campaign in the general election for mayor of New York City after his surprise loss in the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani.
Cuomo’s name will appear on the general election ballot under the independent “Fight and Deliver” party he created as a backup plan in the event he lost the primary.
The general election will be a rematch between Cuomo and Mamdani and will also feature Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent. Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, and independent Jim Walden will also be on the ballot.
Cuomo will compete with Adams for moderate voters disaffected by the Democratic nomination of Mamdani, a democratic socialist that campaigned on freezing the rents of rent-stabilized apartments and providing free bus service.
He cast New York as a city in crisis and said his 10-years of experience as governor made him best equipped to lead with a steady hand. He campaigned as a business-friendly centrist, promising to hire more police, making subways safer and sticking up to President Trump.
Major Democrats like former President Bill Clinton and billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed him. The major labor unions and real estate industry—fearful of Mamdani’s campaign pledge to freeze the rents—lined up behind Cuomo.
But it wasn’t enough in the primary. Cuomo fizzled out after running into the Mamdani campaign’s army of supporters and a flood of grassroots donations that overwhelmed the former governor’s efforts. Cuomo’s opponents encouraged voters to use the ranked-choice system in the primary to pick anyone but him, with Mamdani ending up the top beneficiary.
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Adams, Sliwa and the elder mass murderer will split the anti-Communist/Mislem vote, and thereby destroy NYC. They need to get together, choose one of them, and have the others promised important positions…if they care about NYC more than their pockets or egos, that is.
Good thinking.
I think before the election President Trump should let it be known that if the Communist wins, NYS will suffer greatly and the US Government will not bail it out.
I couldn’t believe the price of a one way truck out of NYC. I think I’m just going to give all my crap away and start from scratch. Flying down south to look at place on Thursday. All I need is a bed, a computer desk, and a coffee maker. F New York City. I’m out.
President Trump has already made vague statements about Federal actions against NYC if Zohran carries out his agenda ...
Not good enough. He needs to go from “vague” to hard hitting.
Commie will lose support and Cuomo will slip in.
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