Former New York politician and New York City mayoral campaigner Andrew Cuomo speaks during his superior predetermination nighttime rally successful New York City, U.S., June 24, 2025.
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Andrew Cuomo launched an autarkic bid to go politician of New York City connected Monday, mounting up a rematch successful November with frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.
Cuomo promised an overhaul of his failed superior run against Mamdani, a 33-year-old authorities assemblyman and self-described antiauthoritarian socialist. But helium besides vowed to driblet retired of the contention successful September if different campaigner looked to person a amended changeable astatine defeating Mamdani.
"Unless you've been surviving nether a rock, you astir apt cognize that the Democratic superior did not spell the mode I had hoped," Cuomo said successful a video posted connected societal media.
The 67-year-old — who resigned arsenic New York politician successful 2021 aft a bid of intersexual harassment allegations — finished a distant 2nd to Mamdani successful June.
"I americium genuinely atrocious that I fto you down," Cuomo told his supporters successful the video.
"But arsenic my gramps utilized to say, erstwhile you get knocked down, larn the acquisition and prime yourself backmost up and get successful the game, and that is what I'm going to do," helium said.
"The wide predetermination is successful November, and I americium successful it to triumph it."
Despite receiving a tepid reception from nationalist Democratic leaders and powerfulness brokers wary of his leftist views, Mamdani is wide viewed arsenic the campaigner to bushed successful the contention for politician of the heavy Democratic metropolis.
Recent polls amusement Cuomo trailing Mamdani.
Mayor Eric Adams, who won his bureau arsenic a Democrat but is seeking re-election arsenic an independent, lags acold down successful those polls, arsenic does Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, and Jim Walden, who is besides moving arsenic an independent.
Adams saw his already-low nationalist support ratings autumn arsenic helium faced prosecution connected transgression corruption charges. They sank adjacent little erstwhile the U.S. Department of Justice controversially asked a justice to disregard the lawsuit truthful that the politician could cooperate with the enforcement of President Donald Trump's migration policies.
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Cuomo's Monday run rollout featured an antithetic proposal: that the remainder of the tract pledge to consolidate astir the strongest non-Mamdani contender earlier Election Day.
"Our communal extremity indispensable beryllium to tally the strongest campaigner against Mr. Mamdani," Cuomo said successful an email to supporters.
"That is wherefore I person accepted the connection enactment distant by erstwhile Governor David Paterson and campaigner Jim Walden that, successful mid-September, we volition find which campaigner is strongest against Mamdani and each different candidates volition basal down, alternatively than enactment arsenic spoilers and warrant Mamdani's election."
Cuomo noted that conscionable 13% of the city's voters formed ballots successful the Democratic primary, suggesting that Mamdani volition look a tougher clip successful the wide election.
"All of america who emotion New York City indispensable beryllium agreed successful moving the strongest imaginable campaigner against Zohran Mamdani successful the November wide predetermination for mayor," Cuomo said.
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