DAVID MARCUS: Andrew Cuomo, conservatives are begging for a reason to vote for you

As I was popping fried chickpeas into my rima with my hands astatine meal connected Sunday nighttime connected St. Mark's Place, my person Inez quipped, "It’s Mamdani’s New York already." Unfortunately for those who reason communism, she is astir apt right.

Inez is truthful blimpish she makes maine look similar Noam Chomsky, and she is simply a starring thinker and writer successful the movement, yet she told me, "I don’t cognize who I americium going to ballot for, possibly Sliwa, possibly Cuomo, adjacent close now."

She is not alone. Over the past fewer days, successful reddish and purple areas of New York similar Staten Island and Bay Ridge, I person heard blimpish voters implicit and implicit archer maine that autarkic mayoral campaigner Andrew Cuomo has done thing to gain their vote.

"What? I’m expected to ballot for Andrew freakin Cuomo?" 1 aged timer successful St George, Staten Island, said to me, and I took his point. He mightiness not similar antiauthoritarian socialist Zohran Mamdani, but helium has hated Cuomo for implicit a decade.

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Sherry, astatine a bagel store successful Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, told maine of Cuomo and Mamdani, "What’s the difference?"

In their ain precise New York way, these voters are begging Cuomo to springiness them a crushed to ballot for him, to hide astir his COVID authoritarianism, his disgraceful resignation arsenic governor, his invention of no-cash bail and his declaration that they person "no spot successful New York."

But Andrew freakin' Cuomo conscionable can’t bring himself to bash it, to springiness them adjacent a crumb, adjacent the slightest crushed to take him implicit Curtis Sliwa whom they not lone like, but person astir apt met.

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Right now, today, Cuomo could springiness these voters helium desperately needs a crushed to ballot for him. For example, helium could endorse Republican Maud Maron successful her contention against the despicable Alvin Bragg for Manhattan territory attorney.

As it stands, 1 has to presume that Cuomo, who fancies himself the "real Democrat" successful the race, supports Bragg – whose policies person been an invitation to lawlessness and disorder. Frankly, if Cuomo does enactment Bragg, it is disqualifying to galore right-leaning voters.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is moving for re-election during the 2025 cycle. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cuomo could besides pledge to combat to extremity New York’s sanctuary metropolis status. Current mayor, and honestly not a atrocious one, Eric Adams was shanked by the Biden Department of Justice for daring to knock Grandpa Joe’s unfastened borderline policies. Does Cuomo reason them, too?

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By simply promising that New York City volition cooperate with – alternatively than impede – the national government’s quality to detain and deport amerciable immigrants, Cuomo could rise immoderate eyebrows among New York conservatives and garner immoderate votes.

The timepiece is moving retired connected Andrew Cuomo. He fundamentally has until Tuesday greeting to marque thing hap – to shingle things up, to person Inez that he’s worthy voting for.

The columnist and ex-Brooklynite Karol Markowicz enactment it good precocious erstwhile she said, "Cuomo needs to humble himself." It’s not conscionable that blimpish New Yorkers person not forgiven him for his progressive misdeeds arsenic governor, it's that he’s not adjacent asking forgiveness.

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In the last hours, reddish voters successful Gotham are begging Andrew Cuomo, please, please, delight – springiness maine something, thing – to marque maine deliberation you volition beryllium a bully mayor.

I fearfulness that if Cuomo does not instrumentality this advice, does not pivot to clasp New Yorkers connected the right, past helium volition not conscionable suffer connected Tuesday – he’ll beryllium embarrassed. I'm not 1 for predictions, but I wouldn’t beryllium shocked if helium came successful third.

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This is simply a five-alarm occurrence for Cuomo’s campaign, and for the city’s future. He mislaid his superior and is present asking Republicans to signifier a conjugation with him – but helium offers nothing, not adjacent a committedness to extremity no-cash bail.

It’s present oregon ne'er Andrew. Please – springiness blimpish voters what they need.

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