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(NewsNation) — Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to denote this week that helium is staying successful the contention arsenic an autarkic for the politician of New York City, sources told NewsNation.
A root adjacent to the Cuomo run said it is anticipated that the mayoral campaigner volition officially denote his plans to enactment successful the contention arsenic an autarkic and person a proposal. Sources archer NewsNation that Cuomo volition inquire each candidates different than Zohran Mamdani to pledge that whoever is not successful the pb travel mid-September driblet retired of the race, himself included.
This expected announcement arrives connected the heels of Cuomo conceding to Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic mayoral superior past month.
Mamdani, who is besides a subordinate of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, had a important pb implicit Cuomo.
Cuomo told his supporters astatine the time, “Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night.”
Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral contention by 12 percent points.
Different messages aft the primary
Mamdani said successful a connection aft the superior was called, “Last Tuesday, Democrats spoke successful a wide voice, delivering a mandate for an affordable city, a authorities of the future, and a person unafraid to combat backmost against rising authoritarianism.”
After the results were called, Cuomo’s spokesperson, Rich Azzopardi, said, “We’ll beryllium continuing conversations with radical from each crossed the metropolis portion determining adjacent steps. Extremism, part and bare promises are not the reply to this city’s problems, and portion this was a look astatine what motivates a portion of our superior electorate, it does not correspond the majority.”
Cuomo announced he was moving for politician of New York City successful March successful a video announcement. During the 17-minute announcement helium said successful part:
“Our metropolis is successful crisis. That's wherefore I americium moving to beryllium Mayor of New York City. We request authorities to work. We request effectual leadership.”
Cuomo is expected to beryllium joining 2 different candidates moving arsenic independents; existent New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced successful June he would beryllium moving for re-election arsenic an autarkic aft national corruption charges were dismissed against him astatine the petition of the Justice Department successful April, and former national authoritative Jim Walden, who said connected NewsNation that helium is the “only existent autarkic successful the race” and has been an “independent for astir 20 years.”
Republican mayoral campaigner Curtis Sliwa vowed during a WABC 770 AM vigor appearance, “I’m not going anywhere. I’m successful it until November 4.”
The wide predetermination is scheduled for November 4, 2025.
Some caller polls amusement that if Cuomo runs, Mamdani would person a pb with astir 35%, with the ex-governor pursuing down astatine astir 30%.
