Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (R) on Sunday called Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) “the most divisive.” candidate I’ve never experienced anything in New York.”
“He isolated the Jewish community,” Cuomo said.cats round tableRadio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM. “Alienated the Italian community. Angered the LGBTQ community…”[New York Police Department]You are ‘racist, evil and corrupt’. ‘Barack Obama, he is evil and he is a liar’… He is in favor of decriminalizing prostitution, which is haram according to the Quran. He has angered everyone.”
Cuomo criticized Mamdani throughout the interview, saying, “This Zoharan has scared a lot of people with his policies and the things he’s doing.” At one point, he criticized some of Mamdani’s top priorities, including free bus service and lowering fare prices.
“You get a little older, a little more mature, and you realize nothing is free, and the policies he’s talking about are all BS, and the fact that he has zero qualifications is actually quite alarming,” Cuomo said.
Regarding Mamdani’s potential victory on Tuesday, the former governor also suggested that “people would die” if a hurricane, health crisis or other disaster hit the city.
One Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill Poll The report released Thursday showed Cuomo trailing Mamdani by 25 points, who received 50 percent support from respondents. Republican Curtis Sliwa, whom Cuomo has courted portray as a pervert Mamdani lagged behind with 21 percent.
Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said in a statement, “Mamdani appears to have formed a coalition across key demographics, increasing his lead among black voters from 50% to 71% since last month, while Cuomo has dropped ten points among black voters since September.”
Despite the endorsements of outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) for Cuomo, Mamdani is widely expected to win the mayoral race on Election Day on November 4, even though moderate Democrats and some Republicans have united around the former governor. While former President Obama has not endorsed Mamdani, he reportedly called the Democratic mayoral candidate on Saturday and praised his campaign. according to the new York Times.
In April, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This came after a House Republican panel in late 2024 Called on Former Attorney General Merrick Garland sued Cuomo for allegedly lying to the panel about how to handle nursing homes during the pandemic.
In 2021, Cuomo admitted some mistakes For his decisions last year. New York health officials reported 15,000 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
