We’re closing this blog now – thanks for reading. For more on Zohran Mamdani, read David Smith’s analysis here:
Andrew Cuomo has said he will closely evaluate voting data from New York’s mayoral primary election before deciding whether to run as an independent in the November election.
The former New York governor told a CBS affiliate on Wednesday that he would be looking “at the numbers that come in from the primary”, the landscape of the general election as well as any involvement Donald Trump might have in the election. The president has described Zohran Mamdani as a “communist lunatic”.
Cuomo said the field of candidates was not “enticing” and that he did not believe the city’s mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent, could win.
“His relationship with Trump and what he did with Donald Trump … and the general condition of the city,” he said. “I don’t know that he is a possible alternative electorally.”
