called on Sliwa to drop out of the race<\/a> to give Cuomo the best chance of defeating Mamdani on Nov. 4, but Sliwa has consistently stated that he will not be withdrawing his candidacy.\u00a0<\/p>\nHis campaign spokesperson Daniel Kurzyna said Monday that nothing had changed and that Sliwa would be remaining in the race until the end.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Kurzyna further alleged that the AARP\/Gotham poll was skewed heavily in favor of the Cuomo campaign but said the poll still showed a surge in support for Sliwa, who has jumped 3 points since the August AARP poll. He also accused the Cuomo campaign of funding the recent poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis so-called AARP \u2018poll\u2019 might as well have been paid for and printed at Cuomo headquarters with his logo on it; it is that obvious,\u201d Kurzyna said in a statement. \u201cEven with questions slanted in his favor, it still confirms what New Yorkers know: Curtis Sliwa\u2019s campaign is surging and our voters are not going anywhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kurzyna said the majority of Sliwa voters would \u201cnot touch Andrew Cuomo with a ten-foot pole\u201d and argued that the Cuomo campaign was showing signs of panic.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe polls were wrong before and they will be wrong again; Curtis is not dropping out,\u201d Kurzyna added. \u201cAndrew Cuomo already lost, resigned in disgrace to avoid impeachment, and empowered the radical left that gave us Zohran Mamdani; Curtis is running to win and he will win on Nov. 4.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s campaign, meanwhile, accused Cuomo of seeking a lifeline after \u201cbadly\u201d losing the Democratic primary in June. Spokesperson Dora Pekec accused Cuomo of turning to President Donald Trump for help in the upcoming election. Cuomo denied those allegations during last week\u2019s mayoral debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew Cuomo wanted a one-on-one in the primary and he got one \u2013 where he got beaten so badly now he\u2019s calling Trump and his billionaire donors for a lifeline,\u201d Pekec said in a statement. \u201cNew Yorkers are ready to turn the page on the billionaire-backed politics of the past and elect Zohran Mamdani \u2013 which is why he\u2019s leading by double-digits and has an army of 87,000 volunteers and growing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elderly vote key<\/p>\n
The AARP poll also stated that undecided voters aged 50 and above will be key to the outcome of the race, with 49% of voters aged 65 and over still undecided ahead of next month\u2019s election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
AARP said 80% of undecided voters are aged 50 and over, with cost of living and cost of health ranking among the top issues for senior undecided voters.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Beth Finkel, AARP New York State Director, said the new poll suggests that older voters are \u201cpoised\u201d to decide the upcoming election.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cVoters age 50 and older make up the vast majority of those still undecided, and as the most reliable voting bloc, they will determine who leads this city,\u201d Finkel said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOlder New Yorkers are feeling the strain of rising costs and limited housing options and their priorities are clear: affordability, safety, and leadership that restores confidence in New York\u2019s direction. These are issues that matter not only to older adults and to New Yorkers of every generation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first mayoral general election debate of 2025 on Thursday night saw Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Andrew Cuomo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1252,2302,80,154,2659,9,24,55,54,56,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-10282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-2025-election","9":"tag-2025-mayors-race","10":"tag-andrew-cuomo","11":"tag-curtis-sliwa","12":"tag-election","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-city-news","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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