Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has recommended he would go away his house state if Muslim communist Zohran Mamdani wins the New York Metropolis mayoralty.
The remarks, first reported by The New York Submit, had been made throughout a gathering hosted by businessman and radio host John Catsimatidi.
“It’s all or nothing,” Cuomo stated. “We both win and even I’ll transfer to Florida. God forbid.”
Catsimatidi, longtime GOP donor, is the proprietor of the Gristedes and D’Agostino grocery store chains, which may very well be impacted by Mamdani’s proposals for state-run grocery shops.
Different attendees included RXR Realty Chairman Bruce Mosler, Ambassador George Tsunis, and Cuomo’s former aide Melissa DeRosa.
Over the course of the occasion, Cuomo additionally referred to Mamdani as a “child” and slammed his lease management proposals as a “demise sentence” for landlords and housing provide.
He additionally mocked his marketing campaign as stuffed with “unrealistic bumper sticker slogans.”
Go now Cuo! Andrew Cuomo says ‘I’ll transfer to Florida’ if Mamdani turns into NYC mayor https://t.co/2qq189UvPP pic.twitter.com/vSR2zpTysF
— New York Submit (@nypost) July 19, 2025
His spokesperson lRich Azzopardi later insisted Cuomo “would by no means quit on New York.
“That stated, the road underscored the stakes within the upcoming election and the chance of electing a dangerously inexperienced, hate-spewing 33-year-old socialist whose marketing campaign consists of unrealistic bumper sticker slogans.”
Cuomo, who served because the state’s governor earlier than being pressured to resign in a sexual harassment scandal, was resoundingly defeated by Mamdani in final month’s Democratic major.
Nonetheless, he has since confirmed that he will probably be working as an unbiased in what’s already a crowded area that features the incumbent Eric Adams.
“I’m in it to win it,” Cuomo stated in a marketing campaign video posted on X.
“Until you’ve gotten been residing underneath a rock, you realize that the Democratic major didn’t go as I had hoped.”
“If you get knocked down, be taught your lesson and decide your self again up and get within the recreation ,” he continued.
“And that’s what I’m going to do. The struggle to save lots of our metropolis isn’t over.”
In it to win it. pic.twitter.com/1pr5obsVAu
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) July 14, 2025
