The former H.U.D. Sec, NY Attorney General and NY Governor can’t politics out of his blood and head….
We and others have featured piece on what looks like the run up of a Cuomo for Mayor….
The guy born and raiased in Queens (Trump also) had lost most of friends due to his take no prisoners time as Governor….
But his women troubles and brusque personality became his downfall….
Cuomo , as governor DID treat his state to a strong hand that left behind a LOT of brick and mortar inprovements….
The media loves trhis story….
Will the residents of New York City keep it running?
Especially with the current mayor have serious issues that has the FBI and US Attorney ALL over his case….
Throughout his long political career, Eric Adams seemed to float effortlessly above a constant drumbeat of reports questioning his ethical conduct. Just before he won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in 2021, an aide predicted the city would come to appreciate him as a “lovable rogue.”
Now Mr. Adams’s flirtation with trouble has sent his mayoralty into a tailspin and has opened the door to the mind-bending possibility of a comeback by another tarnished leader. There is a plausible scenario in which Andrew Cuomo runs and wins election as New York’s next mayor.
The former governor — who resigned in 2021 in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and intense criticism over his handling of the Covid pandemic — has reportedly been weighing a run for mayor for months, and he is very likely gaming out his chances of winning if Mr. Adams manages to remain in office and seeks re-election. If Mr. Cuomo chooses to run, one spectacle in New York politics will be followed by another.
A Cuomo candidacy would turn a municipal rite into a morality tale, with elements of disgrace, redemption and revenge. Mr. Cuomo would be running not just to restore his honor but also his family name. Ultimately, it would ask New Yorkers to decide what they are willing to look past to fix the city….
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A public desperate for order on the streets elected Rudy Giuliani twice in the 1990s despite his ruthless, sometimes vicious behavior. In 2021, many voters looked past warnings about Mr. Adams’s honesty because he pledged to bring down crime.
If Mr. Cuomo runs next year, he will surely position himself as a man who can bring control to a city facing disorder in the streetsand other public spaces and an administration awash in investigations and resignations. Voters will be forced to explore their feelings about not only him but the #MeToo and Covid eras as well….
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Mr. Cuomo resigned under pressure in August 2021 in the wake of a damning report by the New York State attorney general, Letitia James, that alleged he sexually harassed multiple women. The accusations ranged from groping and inappropriate comments to fostering a toxic work environment.
Mr. Cuomo has denied that he had touched anyone inappropriately, and he pointed out that five district attorneys declined to prosecute him — though several found some allegations against him credible….
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While such a tumultuous history would derail most candidates seeking a comeback, Mr. Cuomo is in a league of his own. He was elected three times as governor, an effective leader with considerable accomplishments to his name. Because of his sudden fall from power, he has not been around to receive the accolades he deserved for the renaissance of some of our most important public spaces.
He is a major reason La Guardia Airport has been transformed from one of the longest-running punchlines in New York to a glistening, architecturally joyful transit hub; why Manhattan’s James A. Farley Building now houses the magnificent Moynihan Train Hall after years of bureaucratic and financial delays; why stretches of Penn Station are now airy and bright instead of gloomy and menacing; why the Second Avenue subway, another old punchline, is gradually becoming a reality….
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If Mr. Cuomo enters the contest, it could transform the election into something more significant than a mere ideological battle. His extensive track record of accomplishment could force his opponents to move beyond tired left-right debates and focus on the issue of competence, ultimately producing a better mayor.
And should no one outmatch Mr. Cuomo, the former governor may become our future mayor, another in a long line of flawed men with the potential to get the city under control.
This may be the best, and possibly only, opportunity Mr. Cuomo will ever have to persuade the public to forgive his mistakes and restore him to high office….
image…Vanity Fair
There is no way that NYC could not find a better option to be Mayor than Eric Adams or Andrew Cuom0. There is no way Cuomo should be forgiven for his horrific transgressions, both public and private.
I have heard Tish James might run. I would think she would have a decent chance if she does.
Closer to home, I will look forward to see who steps forward (and it would certainly have to be a Democrat) to take on Brandon Johnson, the momentously horrible and very Trump-like Mayor of Chicago.
Also, I will mention than Rev. Jesse Jackson just endorsed the Republican nominee to be Cook County States Attorney. Jackson has not endorsed a Republican for anything since at least the early 1970s. It is a pretty remarkable development (not that it will sway the election much) as to why he decided to do this. What I come up with is that Jackson is bitter than the D nominee for the office defeated the candidate Jackson was backing in the primary. So, now, he is for the nominally Trump-aligned Republican, who is a white former Democrat, who has run for many offices, and is considered a gadfly,