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New York Post
11 hours ago
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- New York Post
Andrew Cuomo's great disappearing act in NYC's mayoral race is yet another sign of his arrogance
Andrew Cuomo is running for New York City mayor, but it feels like he's running away from New Yorkers. Where the hell is that guy? With early voting now underway ahead of June 24's Democratic primary, New York's embattled former governor has barely shown his face, save for two debates and a photo op at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 8. He's held no real rallies, had no big presence interacting with voters — and he's been ducking the media like a fugitive avoiding the law. Cuomo's built a moat around himself. Advertisement Remember, this is a former camera magnet who, for 111 days straight during pandemic lockdown, happily hosted his own variety show — I mean press conferences — to the delight of his now disbanded army of Cuomosexuals. He once claimed 59 million people were tuning in. 7 In a rare appearance, NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo spoke with Al Sharpton at a National Action Network event Saturday. Here, he's seen with Sharpton in April. AP Now the wannabe mayor has disappeared into a cloud of his own arrogance. He seems so convinced that, despite all of his political scandals, he's got the Dem nomination in the bag and doesn't need to lift a finger for it. His entitlement is, frankly, off-putting (and all too familiar). Advertisement Cuomo's invisibility has become such a joke that, last week, New York Magazine posted a video with all the Dem hopefuls interviewed over plates of spaghetti and meatballs — except the lone Italian. You see Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander and, of course, the ubiquitous Zohran Mamdani answer questions … then the camera cuts to a cardboard cutout of Cuomo smirking above the caption 'declined to respond.' It might as well have been accompanied by cricket sounds. Advertisement 7 Last week, New York Magazine posted a video with all the Dem hopefuls interviewed over plates of spaghetti and meatballs — except the lone see the camera cut to a cardboard cutout of Cuomo smirking above the caption 'declined to respond.' @NYMag/X Cuomo is most present in my inbox, where sporadic emails announce endorsements. While he spoke to Al Sharpton's National Action Network about Donald Trump the bad orange man over the weekend, Cuomo rarely has a public schedule — and his spokesperson hasn't bothered to respond to my multiple questions about when or if I can see the man in action. Maybe a few months ago, when Cuomo was seen as the only serious contender in the field and blowing away the competition in every poll, an invisibility cloak would have been a sound policy. Keep quiet and dodge the media, who would surely ask questions about his fall from gubernatorial grace — including COVID policies that were blamed for more than 13,000 nursing home deaths, and his 2021 resignation after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment. Advertisement 7 Zohran Mamdani supporters are urging New Yorkers to not rank Andrew Cuomo in the primary's ranked-choice voting. But something happened as he was seemingly skating to victory: a shiny new (and dangerous) object named Mamdani filled the vacuum. The rapper turned 'defund the police' champion turned Democratic Socialist of America candidate has gained major steam in the polls — effectively boobytrapping Cuomo's once-unobstructed route to City Hall. Mamdani has raised millions of dollars via small donations and built a strong ground game of devoted zombie canvassers who are urging voters not to rank Cuomo at all. Various ranked-choice voting analyses have shown this could end up doing real damage to the former gov, and the other Dem candidates are cross-endorsing with Mamdani to further block Cuomo. 7 City Hall hopeful Andrew Cuomo listened to Brad Lander during the latest Democratic primary debate on June 12. via REUTERS Mamdani has earned the endorsement of progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — and there's talk that he could replicate her grand upset of congressional Dem stalwart Joe Crowley back in 2018. He may be woefully unqualified to run the city, but the social media influencer is good at one thing: being in everyone's face. Mamdani has churned out ad after zippy ad in multiple languages, always smiling like a used car salesman as he promises a socialist utopia in the Big Apple. It's all made Cuomo's 'I got this' absence seem even more conspicuous. Advertisement 7 Zohran Mamdani held a rally featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Terminal 5. They also walked the Puerto Rican Day Parade together. William Miller 7 It's been impossible to escape Momdani's ads, signs, canvassers and social media posts. William Miller When Donald Trump avoided the primary scrum in the 2024 election, he was at least extremely present at rallies, speaking directly to the base and building his martyrdom and candidacy on the steam of four indictments. He worked a parallel campaign route — one that Cuomo is seemingly unwilling to carve. But hey, if he doesn't show his face or interact with voters or reporters, he doesn't get pushed on his past indiscretions and political sins. Advertisement A few months ago, between the Dem's anemic talent pool and incumbent Mayor Adams dealing with his own basket of dirty laundry, Cuomo's return to public office felt inevitable. It was mostly revived because the new left has abandoned common sense, and New Yorkers — having lived through years of out-of-control homelessness, surging subway crime and general disorder that favored criminals and the criminally insane — want to keep this city moving back in the right direction. 7 Zohran Mamdani in a Spanish-speaking ad — one of the many blanketing the internet. YouTube / Zohran Mamdani for NYC But thanks to our blisteringly fast and disposable online culture, we have short memories these days. Mamdani's socialism seduction, and his efforts to show up every damn day, could produce a spoiler scenario as polls close — and not just to Cuomo's chance at redemption. More importantly, to New York City's future. Cuomo is taking victory for granted. And it feels like he's taking New Yorkers for granted, too.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Turned off: These Cuomosexuals are not coming back for Andrew Cuomo's NYC mayoral race
The thrill is gone. Some Cuomosexuals are turned off by the former governor's NYC mayoral bid. 'We have most definitely moved on from Andrew Cuomo,' said Sandra F. Behan, a retired ad agency executive who leads the political organization 'We Decide New York' — once a safe haven for Cuomosexuals, as the swooning gaggle of fans of the former governor was known. 'He has proven through firsthand experience that he is not honorable, he doesn't know the word empathy or how to relate to people beyond his own ego, self-aggrandizing and political ambition,' she said. 'It's disheartening to realize that a person you have supported is nothing more than an artful manipulator and promise breaker.' It's a complete 180 for Behan, who once dismissed the allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo as 'nothing that an HR professional couldn't have handled.' The one-time Cuomo superfan did not attend a 'Women for Cuomo' breakfast on Friday where top tickets ran for 10,000 a plate. Cuomo has been the leading candidate in a slew of recent polls. 'I am not a Cuomosexual anymore,' said Brooke Hammerling, who once proudly described herself as such on X. 'I think his handling of the nursing home situation and COVID was a travesty.' Talia Reese, a comedian living in Long Island, said she was off the train too. 'Ok Yikes. I think we all got over being Cuomosexuals when he killed all the grandmas during Covid. That's when I went Trans Cuomo,' she quipped. Others are taking a wait and see approach. We Decide New York member Robin Gittelman said Cuomo was a 'very competent governor' during the pandemic and dismissed most of the sexual misconduct allegations — but was noncommittal about him as mayor. 'I have to see who he's running against,' she said. 'He's got to earn it.' Cuomo, who announced his entry into the crowded Democratic primary last Saturday, rode high during his initial handling of the pandemic and was seriously mentioned as a 2020 presidential candidate. But he came crashing back to Earth amid allegations of mishandling the state's pandemic response. On March 25, 2020, his administration issued its now infamous directive forcing nursing homes to take in COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals, which some experts said contributed to thousands of deaths of elderly and vulnerable nursing-home residents. He then faced a cascade of allegations of sexual misconduct from 12 women — which ultimately forced him to resign from office in disgrace in August 2021. Many of the most ardent Cuomosexuals stuck with him until the bitter end. 'The Department of Justice Inspector General, the state attorney general and even the Hochul administration's outside review all found that New York was following federal guidance, retrospective federal data actually found that New York [per capita] had fewer COVID Nursing home deaths than two thirds of all other states in 2020,' said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi of the covid charges. On sexual harassment allegations, he added, 'From Day One he said he never harassed anyone and three years, five district attorney reviews that resulted in zero cases and civil cases that were either dropped or are dying on the vine due to a mountain of exculpatory evidence uncovered during discovery process bares that all out. The city is in crisis and everybody knows that Andrew Cuomo has the experience, the record and the skill to help save it.'
