Poor Andrew Cuomo…..
He just can’t seem to get away from Tish James, the New York Attorney General , who seems to torcher him over and OVER……
The current Mayor Eric Adams has FBI agents talking to his senior staff who are quitting his admin one by one…..
Cuomo has few if any political friends anymore….
Ms. James could have choice of running against Cuomo for the Mayor job or?
Running against current New York Governor Kathy Hochel , who has approval numbers in the 30’s….
With Mayor Eric Adams’s political future shrouded in uncertainty, the New York attorney general, Letitia James, is considering whether to run to replace him, according to five people familiar with her thinking.
Ms. James views her potential candidacy as a way of helping New York City recover from the crisis unfolding under Mr. Adams, according to people who have spoken with her.
Her decision is far from assured and is not imminent; some close to her stressed her ambivalence, if not reluctance. But those urging Ms. James to run say the calculus might be altered if a different sullied political leader enters the race: the former governor she helped push out of office, Andrew M. Cuomo.
Ms. James, who would become the city’s first female mayor, has discussed a potential candidacy with multiple civic leaders, according to several people close to her. Concerns have been raised in those discussions that voters could elect Mr. Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 after a report from her office found that he had sexually harassed current and former employees….
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A matchup between Ms. James and Mr. Cuomo could be particularly acrimonious. They do not like each other, and Mr. Cuomo blames her for his downfall, accusing her of mishandling the investigation into the claims of sexual harassment against him…
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Ms. James, a popular moderate with strong ties to unions, is the first Black woman to win statewide office in New York. She briefly ran for governor in 2021 against Ms. Hochul, but ended her one-month campaign after struggling to raise money and secure prominent endorsements.
Ms. James has often found herself in a position to step up because of political scandal or tragedy. After James E. Davis, a councilman from central Brooklyn, was murdered at City Hall in 2003, Ms. James became the first third-party candidate since the 1970s to win a City Council seat, launching her career as an elected official.
She succeeded Bill de Blasio as New York City’s fourth public advocate, and was later elected attorney general after Eric T. Schneiderman resigned in disgrace following allegations of sexual abuse.
Yet her decision whether to run for mayor is complicated. While the job carries prestige and power, it is also famously difficult and demanding, and Ms. James may be reluctant to leave a position where she has won fame for securing a $454 million civil fraudjudgment against former President Donald J. Trump and helping to dismantle the leadership of the National Rifle Association…
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Roughly 55 percent of New York City residents do not want Mr. Cuomo to run for mayor, the Marist poll found. Among Democrats, 52 percent think that the former governor should not run versus 48 percent who think that he should.
John Samuelsen, the head of the 150,000-member Transport Workers Union of America and an ally of Mr. Adams, said that Ms. James would have broad union support in any election.
“Whatever office she runs for, she’ll win it,” he said….
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