Andrew Cuomo says he will still run for NYC mayor after primary defeat

Cuomo says helium volition situation progressive Zohran Mamdani successful wide predetermination aft being trounced successful the Democratic primary.

Andrew Cuomo has said that helium volition tally arsenic an autarkic successful the contention for New York City mayor, pursuing a stinging nonaccomplishment to progressive upstart Zohran Mamdani successful the Democratic Party superior past month.

The erstwhile New York State governor, who resigned successful 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations, vowed to proceed his mayoral bid successful a video posted to societal media connected Monday.

“As 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 americium going to do,” said Cuomo. “The combat to prevention our metropolis isn’t over.”

Mamdani’s 12-point triumph implicit Cuomo successful the Democratic superior has electrified progressives and pushed pro-business Democrats, wary of his clasp of progressive economical policies and critical stance towards Israel, to question an alternate aft the bruising superior defeat.

The wide predetermination volition instrumentality spot successful November, with Mamdani facing disconnected against Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who trails successful astir polls and whose tenure has been marred by a bid of corruption scandals. Anti-crime fig Curtis Sliwa volition besides beryllium successful the contention arsenic the Republican nominee.

“I invited everyone to this race, and I americium arsenic assured arsenic I person been since 3 weeks agone connected superior night, erstwhile we faced Andrew Cuomo and won that contention by much than 12 points with the astir votes of immoderate Democratic nominee successful New York City superior history,” Mamdani said successful remarks responding to Cuomo’s introduction into the wide race.

“And we did truthful due to the fact that of the information that portion Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams travel implicit themselves to marque deals successful backmost rooms with billionaires, we are warring for moving New Yorkers.”

Cuomo was erstwhile considered the near-prohibitive favourite to triumph the city’s Democratic primary, the main contention for the mayoralty successful the wide stronghold. But helium gradually mislaid crushed to an energetic run by Mamdani.

The 33-year-old antiauthoritarian socialist ran a run sharply focused connected cost-of-living and affordability issues, promoting policies specified arsenic escaped nationalist buses and the instauration of city-run market stores that volition connection indispensable goods astatine much affordable prices.

Polling has shown that galore of Mamdani’s populist economical policies, specified arsenic raising taxes connected the affluent to put successful societal programmes and freezing rental prices successful spot for low-income tenants, bask wide popularity. But Cuomo and different centrist Democrats person said that they are unrealistic and unworkable.

“My opponent, Mr Mamdani, offers slick slogans, but nary existent solutions,” Cuomo said successful his video.

Cuomo and members of the Democratic Party person besides criticised Mamdani’s presumption connected Israel, which helium has said is committing “genocide” successful Gaza.

That sentiment is successful enactment with a increasing fig of planetary quality rights groups and quality rights experts, and comes astatine a infinitesimal of increasing disfavour towards Israel among US voters successful wide and Democratic voters successful particular.

After the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it was issuing an apprehension warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implicit alleged war crimes successful Gaza, Cuomo, a steadfast backer of Israel, joined a squad of attorneys who said they would support the Israeli leader.

Mamdani’s superior triumph sparked a question of Islamophobic attacks by supporters of Israel and members of the US right, including President Donald Trump, who has called Mamdani a “communist” and said helium could portion him of his citizenship.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies