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Edward Helmore in New York

Andrew Cuomo announces run for mayor of New York City

An older man in a suit and tie.
Cuomo testifies before a House committee on New York state's Covid pandemic response in 2024. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday announced a run for mayor of New York City, an attempt to come back from a sexual harassment scandal that forced him to resign more than three years earlier.

Cuomo, 77, served as governor from 2011 to 2021, guiding the state through the worst, deadliest months of the Covid-19 crisis. But he was forced to resign in August of his final year as governor when an investigation commissioned by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, found he had sexually harassed at least 11 women during his time in office.

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