Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race
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As election results rolled in on Tuesday night, Cuomo’s supporters packed the Ziegfeld Ballroom and made contingency plans for a Mamdani mayorship.
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani was projected to win New York City's mayoral election, NewsNation broadcaster Chris Cuomo -- brother of Andrew Cuomo -- spoke about the race's outcome. In his response, Chris had a simple analysis for the election night: "The Democrat was gonna win in New York City.
Speaking to an unruly throng of reporters after voting at the High School of Art and Design on 56th Street in Manhattan just before noon Tuesday, Cuomo tapped into voters’ fears about Zohran
Cuomo and others have criticized Mamdani for appearing with Hasan Piker, who made 2019 comments that "America deserved 9/11." Mamdani has previously disavowed the comments.
On Thursday, the city's outgoing mayor, Eric Adams, endorsed Cuomo at a news conference where Cuomo was questioned about the radio show exchange. (Adams, whose reelection chances were tarnished by a now-dismissed federal bribery case, withdrew from the mayoral race less than a month ago due to low poll numbers.)
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo secured the backing of a typically bloc-voting Orthodox Jewish group on Sunday – after a rabbi in the Brooklyn sect reportedly issued an “unauthorized” mayoral
When it came to the former New York Governor, answering the question, suddenly things got complicated. “I’d go half-and-half,” Cuomo said, trying to appeal to both sides. Laughter erupted inside the room as Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, the republican nominee in the debate, both threw their hands up.
Stephen Colbert gave a special shout out to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after the latter not only defeated Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, but also the billionaires that had their k