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New York Times
07-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Zohran Mamdani's Foes Go to Unusual Lengths to Derail His Mayoral Hopes
The race for mayor in New York City took an unusual and turbulent turn on Monday as some Democrats lined up to suggest ways to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the one candidate officially running on their party's line. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams, two Democrats currently planning to run in the November election as independents, each called on the other to drop out. A third independent candidate, Jim Walden, was less specific in his similarly themed proposal last week. He suggested that a poll be taken in the fall to determine who has the best chance of defeating Mr. Mamdani, a candidate whose left-leaning platform and democratic socialist affiliation have alarmed some of the Democratic establishment. Whoever doesn't win the poll, Mr. Walden said, should pledge to bow out and support the winner. Mr. Walden's proposal was backed on Monday by Mr. Cuomo as well as former Gov. David A. Paterson, a Democrat who held a news conference to announce his support alongside the Republican billionaire John Catsimatidis and Sid Rosenberg, a radio host and supporter of President Trump. The underlying notion is that in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans six to one, the only way to defeat Mr. Mamdani is for his challengers — the three independents and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate — to consolidate their support behind just one of them, and avoid splitting the vote in a five-way race. In some ways, the calls for unity among the independent candidates echo the push that left-leaning groups made during the primary, when they urged supporters to lock arms in an effort to defeat Mr. Cuomo. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CBS News
07-07-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Former N.Y. governor hopes moderates unite against Mamdani in NYC mayor's race
Former New York governor says Adams or Cuomo should exit mayor's race Former New York governor says Adams or Cuomo should exit mayor's race Former New York governor says Adams or Cuomo should exit mayor's race David Paterson, New York's former Democratic governor, is calling on Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo to unite to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the 2025 New York City mayor's race. Paterson says either Adams or Cuomo should drop their independent campaign and support the other, or risk handing the election to Mamdani, a progressive and the current frontrunner. Former governor urges Adams or Cuomo to exit NYC mayor's race Paterson did not endorse a candidate at his news conference Monday, but said one of the leading independents should exit the race in order to prevent a split vote. He warned both Adams and Cuomo staying in the race could split the vote and deliver City Hall to Mamdani, a candidate who he said is unprepared to govern and has proposed unrealistic policies. "There are candidates running on independent lines. They're trying to get support and what I'm trying to focus on today is who would emerge from that group of people to possibly lead the city," he said. David Paterson, New York's former governor, called on Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo to unite to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor. He said one of the leading independent candidates should drop out. July 7, 2025. CBS News New York Paterson, who governed New York from 2008-2010, called Cuomo, his three-term successor in Albany, the best choice before Mamdani won the primary, but has shifted his tone since. When asked how he plans to help moderates coalesce around one candidate, Paterson said the business community could step in through polling and fundraising efforts. Adams takes aim at mayor's race challengers Adams, appearing on CNBC Monday morning, took aim at both Mamdani for his campaign promises and Cuomo for staying in the race. "For him to see that I was on my own independent line prior to the race and then for him to join it, he knew he was setting us up for this," the mayor said. Adams told CNBC that Cuomo asked him to step aside in the race. "I said, 'Andrew, are you that level of arrogance? I'm the sitting mayor. I'm the sitting mayor of the city of New York and you expect for me to step aside when you just lost to Zohran by 12 points?'" he said. The Rev. Al Sharpton urged Cuomo to abandon his mayoral campaign last week. CBS News New York reached out to the Cuomo and Mamdani campaigns for comment. So far, neither has responded. contributed to this report.
Wall Street Journal
07-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Mamdani Millionaires Supporting the Socialist for NYC Mayor
In early September, Kathy Wylde, one of New York's undisputed power brokers, met with Zohran Mamdani, then one of the longest of long-shot candidates in the New York City mayor's race. In a coffee shop on the ground floor of 85 Broad St. in lower Manhattan, once Goldman Sachs's headquarters, the democratic socialist made the case that while he would be focused on income inequality, he was also open to working with the city's business elite.
Bloomberg
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Cuomo Won't Quit NYC Mayor's Race Before Friday Ballot Deadline
Andrew Cuomo has no plans to drop out of the New York City mayor's race by a Friday deadline, according to a person familiar with the matter, meaning that his name will appear on the ballot in November as an independent. Donors and advisers have been mounting a campaign to convince Cuomo, 67, to drop out after his stunning defeat in the first round of the Democratic primary to 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Bloomberg
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Andrew Cuomo Faces Friday Deadline to Exit NYC Mayor's Race
Donors and advisers mounting a campaign to convince Andrew Cuomo to drop out of the New York City mayor's race are facing an imminent deadline to get his name off the ballot. Cuomo, who says he wants to 'look at all the numbers as they come in' after his stunning defeat in the first round of the Democratic primary to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, has until Friday to decline to run as an independent in the November election, according to the city's official election calendar.
