{"id":20221,"date":"2025-10-28T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/20221\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:12:16","slug":"former-n-y-gov-david-paterson-endorses-andrew-cuomo-for-nyc-mayor-after-previously-backing-eric-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/20221\/","title":{"rendered":"Former N.Y. Gov. David Paterson endorses Andrew Cuomo for NYC mayor after previously backing Eric Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another endorsement<\/a> has dropped in the New York City mayoral election.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former New York Gov. David Paterson is now backing his successor, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the race for Gracie Mansion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paterson had endorsed Cuomo in the Democratic primary<\/a>, but later changed to incumbent Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> for the general election.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adams has since ended his reelection campaign<\/a> and has\u00a0also endorsed Cuomo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This has been a truly wild campaign for New York City mayor,” said Paterson. “I’m proudly endorsing Andrew Cuomo today because I believe he is the best equipped to lead our beautiful city during these trying times.”<\/p>\n

“Governor Paterson has always embodied the best of New York: courage, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to justice and fairness. His support and friendship over the years means a great deal to me as we continue building a winning coalition to move this city forward,” Cuomo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Key endorsements so far in the NYC mayoral election<\/p>\n

Cuomo was endorsed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the primary<\/a>, which he lost to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, and has since picked up support from several labor unions and faith leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A new poll out Monday from Suffolk University Boston<\/a> found Mamdani is maintaining his lead in the race but Cuomo is closing the gap. The poll showed 44% of those surveyed in favor of Mamdani, followed by 34% for Cuomo and 11% for Republican Curtis Sliwa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A similar poll from Suffolk University Boston in September had Mamdani with double that lead, ahead of Cuomo by 20 points.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has received several high-profile endorsements, most recently from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>. The Democratic nominee also appeared alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, state Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie<\/a> for a campaign event<\/a> Sunday in Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sliwa, meanwhile, is endorsed by Reps. Mike Lawler and Elise Stefanik, as well as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paterson is stepfather to Sliwa’s son, Anthony Sliwa, who came up in an emotional moment<\/a> during the last debate<\/a> after being attacked in an alleged gang assault<\/a> last October.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Early voting is well underway in the race<\/a>, with more than 223,000 ballots cast<\/a>\u00a0over the first three days. So far, voters over 50 appear to outnumber the younger voters who dominated the primary. <\/p>\n

Then, it all comes down to Election Day<\/a> on Tuesday, Nov. 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another endorsement has dropped in the New York City mayoral election.\u00a0 Former New York Gov. David Paterson is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,154,9,24,55,54,56,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-20221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-andrew-cuomo","9":"tag-curtis-sliwa","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20221","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=20221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}