Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., arrives for a closed-door interview with the Home Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic about New York’s response to COVID-19, at O’Neill constructing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
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Andrew Cuomo formally launched his bid to be the subsequent mayor of New York Metropolis, trying a comeback in politics after the previous New York governor’s high-profile resignation in 2021.
Cuomo, who left his earlier submit due to a damning sexual harassment scandal, introduced his candidacy on Saturday towards Mayor Eric Adams, a fellow Democrat who faces bribery and fraud costs.
“Our metropolis is in disaster. That is why I’m working to be Mayor of New York Metropolis,” Adams mentioned in a post on X. “We’d like authorities to work. We’d like efficient management.”
Cuomo’s bid comes as anticipated, significantly after allies to his marketing campaign final week registered an excellent political motion committee referred to as Repair the Metropolis in an effort to boost as much as $15 million from rich donors, the New York Occasions reported, citing folks acquainted with the matter. That would considerably prime the quantity that the principal tremendous PAC supporting Adams raised throughout his 2021 race for mayor.
Cuomo already seems to be a well-liked amongst Democratic candidates. A February poll of NYC Democratic major voters discovered Cuomo held 33% help amongst respondents, whereas 10% supported incumbent Adams, based on Emerson School Polling.
In his video saying his marketing campaign, Cuomo appeared to acknowledge the previous allegations towards him. “Did I at all times do every part proper in my years of presidency service? In fact not,” he mentioned. “Would I do some issues in a different way, realizing what I do know now? Actually. Did I make errors? Some painfully, undoubtedly, and I consider I realized from them, and that I’m a greater particular person for it, and I hope to point out you that every single day.”
The Justice Division in January 2024 had reached a settlement agreement with New York State’s Govt Chamber that resolved the claims of sexual harassment and retaliation towards Cuomo. As a part of the settlement, the DOJ concluded that Cuomo repeatedly subjected no less than 13 girls to a “sexually hostile work surroundings” whereas he was in workplace. The governor’s workplace beneath Cuomo knew about his conduct however did not successfully cease it, the DOJ discovered from the investigation it launched in Aug. 2021, the identical month Cuomo resigned amid the allegations.
The New York Metropolis mayoral major will likely be held in June and the mayoral election in early November.
Different Democratic contenders within the race embody State Senator Zellnor Myrie, metropolis comptroller Brad Lander, State Senator Jessica Ramos, State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former comptroller Scott Stringer and former state Meeting member Michael Blake.
