{"id":333122,"date":"2025-10-26T05:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333122\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T05:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:15:12","slug":"coalition-of-150-nyc-faith-leaders-endorses-andrew-cuomo-for-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333122\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition of 150 NYC faith leaders endorses Andrew Cuomo for mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Independent mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/22\/mamdani-and-cuomo-tear-into-each-other-during-fiery-final-nyc-mayoral-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Cuomo was endorsed<\/a> Saturday by the United Clergy Coalition, an alliance of faith leaders representing more than 150 congregations from across New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition members cited Cuomo\u2019s previous leadership as New York State governor, his detailed plans to \u201crebuild trust\u201d between communities and law enforcement, his plan to expand access to affordable housing, and his support for neighborhood-based economic development as key factors in their decision to back him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrateful to have the endorsement of the United Clergy Coalition \u2014 representing more than 150 congregations across NYC. Faith leaders have always been at the heart of our city\u2019s progress. Together, we\u2019ll build a safer, fairer and more hopeful New York for all,\u201d Cuomo said on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrewcuomo\/status\/1982195926996484380\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with Governor Andrew Cuomo because of his proven experience, steady leadership during times of crisis, and wisdom in guiding our city and state through challenging moments,\u201d said Bishop Gerald Seabrooks of Rehoboth Cathedral in Brooklyn, the president of the United Clergy Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The prominent clergy group\u2019s support comes after Cuomo was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/23\/mayor-adams-who-blamed-cuomo-for-pushing-his-exit-from-the-mayoral-race-endorsing-former-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formally endorsed by Mayor Adams<\/a> on Thursday to succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it\u2019s time to fight for the family, and I\u2019m going to fight for the family with Andrew Cuomo as the next mayor,\u201d Adams said after embracing the former governor at a Thursday afternoon endorsement press conference in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: October 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo was endorsed Saturday by the United Clergy Coalition, an alliance of faith leaders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":333123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,8988,1370,405,403,5296,8989,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-333122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-election","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-politics","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-politics","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115438768938418597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}