Andrew Cuomo has Zohran Mamdani on the mind \u2014 and Mayor Eric Adams on mute.<\/p>\n
The former governor joined dozens of other politicians for the city\u2019s Labor Day march Saturday afternoon, less than a day after the mayor laced into Cuomo, calling him a \u201csnake and a liar\u201d and insisting he would stay in the mayoral race. The Friday announcement was designed to squelch weeks of speculation that Adams and President Donald Trump were cutting a deal for him to withdraw.<\/p>\n
Cuomo on Saturday suggested that Adams staying in the race was a Republican plot to allow Trump to take over New York City, calling Mamdani, \u200a\u201dPresident Trump’s dream candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he declined to respond to Adams\u2019 attacks. The mayor, speaking from the garden of Gracie Mansion Friday, directed his ire more at Cuomo than Mamdani, who is well ahead in recent polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew has a career of pushing Black candidates out of races,\u201d Adams said Friday. \u201cThat must stop with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment, declined to address Adams\u2019 specific attacks when asked Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u200aI stopped listening to Mayor Adams a long time ago and so did New York City,\u201d he said when questioned.<\/p>\n
Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary by 12 points, focused his attacks on Mamdani. He called the Democratic nominee a \u201cterrorist sympathizer,\u201d \u201c\u200aanti-police\u201d and \u200a\u201dPresident Trump’s dream candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mamdani campaign said if Trump has a preferred candidate it’s the former governor. <\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Cuomo is Donald Trump\u2019s takeover,” said Mamdani campaign spokesperson Dora Pekec, in a text. “Trump himself has made his support for Cuomo crystal clear \u2014 precisely because he knows while Zohran will stand up for New York City, Cuomo would simply submit.\u201d<\/p>\n