NYC mayoral race: Andrew Cuomo criticizes state of a city ‘in trouble,’ outlines action plan at first campaign speech

Andrew Cuomo outlined his plans for the Big Apple Sunday in his first speech since announcing his candidacy for New York City Mayor.

Cuomo kicked off his first major push for mayor with the endorsement from both District Council 9 Painters and the District Council of Carpenters. Holding a rally at the carpenter’s headquarters at 395 Hudson St. on March 2, the former governor told the rabid crowd that the city is in rough shape — repeating many of the points he made in his 17-minute video announcement made Saturday when he officially threw his hat into the ring.