{"id":25394,"date":"2025-11-01T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/25394\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:20:12","slug":"cuomo-gets-support-from-across-the-aisle-but-still-trails-mamdani-in-nyc-mayors-race-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/25394\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo gets support from across the aisle, but still trails Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last few days of the New York City mayoral race, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo has picked up support from prominent political figures, including former\u00a0Mayor Mike Bloomberg<\/a>, New York\u00a0Rep. Tom Suozzi<\/a> and former Gov. David Paterson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though some of the most notable support has come from across the aisle, as Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy, who was once critical of the former governor, is now backing him.<\/p>\n

“No one was a fiercer critic”<\/p>\n

In an interview with CBS News on Friday, Langworthy, the New York State representative and former state GOP chairman, said of Cuomo that “no one was a fiercer critic of his time as governor than I was.”<\/p>\n

In 2020, when then Governor Cuomo closed several correctional facilities, citing a drop in the state’s inmate population because of criminal justice reforms, Langworthy attacked, “Andrew Cuomo deserves an Emmy after all\u2013for his real-life portrayal of Ebeneezer Scrooge, but unlike Scrooge, there is no redemption for his destruction of New Yorkers’ lives.”<\/p>\n

\"Congress<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n

Mark Schiefelbein \/ AP<\/p>\n

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who also has been critical of Cuomo, got behind him this week in an interview on WABC radio, saying, “I don’t like Andrew Cuomo. I have been very clear about my problems with Andrew Cuomo,” but indicated he is the best option among the candidates.<\/p>\n

“We fought him tooth and nail every step of the way,” Langworthy told CBS News. “But he would be a far superior choice for the people of New York than Zohran Mamdami.”<\/p>\n

Republican concern about Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n

Langworthy, along with others in the Republican Party, voiced concern about Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, citing his proposed policies<\/a> that would provide free buses, freeze rent on rent-stabilized units, and increase taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Trump has frequently called Mamdani a “communist.”<\/p>\n

“These ideas will take our city and state backward,” said Langworthy, adding that some Republicans like the idea of Mamdani winning, “because they think he’ll do a poor job and he’ll be the new face of the Democratic Party.”<\/p>\n

Langworthy also expressed concern about the implications he says Mamdani’s victory would have across the country, saying, Mamdani’s policies would become “contagious around the country if he has a platform to talk to vast sums of people.”<\/p>\n

\"Election<\/p>\n

Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks during a mayoral debate with Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York.<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis \/ AP<\/p>\n

When asked why Langworthy isn’t backing Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, he challenged Sliwa’s likelihood of winning based on polling data and questioned his motives for staying in the race<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Are you in this for a vanity run, for, for self-promotion, or do you want what’s best for the city?” Langworthy asked rhetorically of Sliwa.<\/p>\n

Spokespeople for both Sliwa’s and Mamdani’s campaigns did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on Langworthy’s endorsement.<\/p>\n

Cuomo and Sliwa trail Mamdani in polls<\/p>\n

A recent poll<\/a> from Quinnipiac University shows that Mamdani leads Cuomo 43 percent to 33 percent, with Sliwa in third at 14 percent support.<\/p>\n

Mamdani recently received an endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>, but told Jon Stewart in an interview on “The Daily Show” that, “In many ways \u2026 the days of endorsements deciding elections, those days have come to an end.”<\/p>\n

The frontrunner said that he will instead win the election by continuing his neighborhood canvassing and phonebanking efforts, with support from the more than 90,000 volunteers assisting the campaign.<\/p>\n

And, despite calls to drop out<\/a> of the election to clear a possible path to victory for Cuomo, Sliwa is defiantly in<\/a> until the end, saying the people have the right to determine the next mayor of New York City, not “billionaires or the professional political class.”<\/p>\n

Nearly half a million New Yorkers have already cast their ballot in early voting<\/a>, ahead of the election on Nov. 4th.<\/p>\n

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