Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo, who served as New York’s 56th governor starting in 2011 until his resignation in 2021 over allegations of sexual harassment, is entering the final stretch of the Democratic primary race to Gracie Mansion with one last pitch to voters: An argument that in the Trump era, New York cannot afford to take a chance on 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani.
At a campaign event in Harlem on Wednesday morning — where former Governor David Paterson and head of the Manhattan Democrats Keith Wright threw their support behind Cuomo, joining other establishment Democrats in their endorsement of the formerly-disgraced-former-governor — Cuomo said that President Donald Trump has “declared war” on New York City. And, that he’s the only candidate prepared to fight back.
