Cohen reportedly said he\u2019s spoken to dozens of people \u2013 some of whom are “very high profile” \u2013 who relayed that they were “definitely” switching their voter registrations from Long Island\u2019s East End to one of the five boroughs.<\/a><\/p>\n “I\u2019ve been trying to get this message out since the primary,” Cohen told the Post. “You don\u2019t win elections because you did one thing right, but by doing one hundred things right, a thousand things right. This might be a few thousand votes, but elections have been won and lost on less than a few thousand votes.”<\/p>\n CUOMO QUIPS \u2018EVEN I WILL MOVE TO FLORIDA\u2019 IF MAMDANI WINS NYC MAYORAL BID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has slammed New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for living in an allegedly rent-stabilized apartment, demanding he move out immediately. (REUTERS \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n In the opposite direction, New York City Democrats with second homes out east in 2024 were encouraged to switch their voter registrations to the Hamptons to vote against then-first term incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y. LaLota ultimately defeated the Democratic challenger, former CNN anchor John Avlon, by nearly 11 percentage points,<\/a> earning a second term in New York\u2019s 1st congressional district.\u00a0<\/p>\n This time around, Cohen argued that it is easy to change voter registration as long as interested Hamptonites have a “legitimate, bona fide” second residence in New York City. He acknowledged hearing “initial skepticism” about the tax implications, which he denied would be a concern. He stressed that the state Board of Elections only opposes voting in two locations.\u00a0<\/p>\n NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference outside the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Aug. 7, 2025 in New York City.\u00a0 (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n ANDREW CUOMO TALKS REMATCH WITH MAMDANI, SAYS SOCIALIST’S POLICIES WILL CAUSE ‘DEATH’ OF NYC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “There are no tax implications at all \u2014 that\u2019s part of the message,” Cohen said, explaining the strategy is part of a “longer-term play”<\/a> focused on getting New Yorkers with homes in the Hamptons to “participate in the political process” in New York City.<\/p>\n Republican donor and Hamptons metals magnate Andy Sabin opposed the movement.<\/p>\n “You open up a can of worms to audits and everything else \u2013 you\u2019d be crazy to do it,” he told the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Election lawyer, Jerry Goldfeder, said that interested Hamptonites would just have to send a change of address to the Board of Elections using a “new, legitimate registration form.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Former governor and mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is pictured during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Manhattan, New York.\u00a0 (Barry Williams\/New York Daily News\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I\u2019m trying to switch,” Mitchel Agoos, an 87-year-old resident of East Hampton and New York City, told the Post, deeming Mamdani<\/a> an “antisemite.”<\/p>\n “He\u2019s a disaster \u2013 I want to vote in this election. I\u2019d feel great to vote against him,” Agoos, a Curtis Sliwa supporter who has voted in Suffolk County for decades, added.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754893100_162_mamdani-cuomo-side-by-side.jpg\")
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