This is NOT a good thing for Andrew Cuomo who seems to out of touch with the Reality of Metro NYC’s 5 Boro’s…..
Donald Trump left the ‘Big Apple’ because it’s people have no use for the guy…..
Cuomo is running behind Mamdani…
Cuomo would be in the running if Adams drops out….
But a association with Trump?
That’s NOT a Good Look in solidly Democratic New York City….
Democrat mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Thursday seized on a report that his independent rival Andrew Cuomo recently spoke to President Trumpabout the race over the phone, charging the pair have been “conspiring about the fate of this city.”
Mamdani made the accusations standing side-by-side with union members supporting his campaign during an Aug. 7 press conference at 26 Federal Plaza. The building has played host to daily detentions of undocumented immigrants by Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The event came on the heels of a Wednesday evening New York Times report that, citing unnamed sources, revealed a previously unknown recent phone call between Trump and Cuomo, the Democratic former governor, in which they spoke about the mayor’s race. Both Trump and Cuomo have disputed that the call took place….
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During his own Thursday afternoon news conference, Cuomo denied ever speaking to Trump about the race, saying, “That’s false.”
The former governor claimed that the last time he attempted to, and may have, spoken with Trump was when he called him after an assassin tried to kill him last year.
“I can’t remember the last time that I spoke to President Trump,” Cuomo told reporters. “I’ve never spoken to him about the mayor’s race.”
Cuomo’s denial on Thursday was more fierce than that provided by his spokesperson, Rich Azzopardi, on Wednesday, claiming they had not “spoken in a while” without clarifying when.
Trump himself denied that the call took place to reporters in Washington, DC on Wednesday night.
Cuomo also sought to clarify how he would approach Trump as mayor, following a Thursday afternoon report from The Times that he told city business leaders he does not “personally” want to fight Trump….
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Cuomo said Trump wants to keep incumbent Mayor Adams in power because Adams is a “wholly-owned subsidiary” of Trump, presumably referring to the alleged quid pro quo between the pair. Meanwhile, he said Trump may prefer Mamdani — a democratic socialist — as a political punching bag for the Republican Party….