{"id":29294,"date":"2025-04-05T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29294"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:48:36","slug":"possibility-of-mayor-andrew-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29294","title":{"rendered":"Possibility of Mayor Andrew Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/eric-adams-independent-reelection-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Adams deciding to run for re-election as an independent<\/a>, the general election for NYC Mayor could be a 5-way with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Cuomo (D)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sliwafornyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtis Sliwa (R)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericadamsfornyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Adams (I)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jimfornyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Walden (I)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zohranfornyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zohran Mamdani (WFP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cuomo can win with a plurality in the upper 30s.  He&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforprogress.org\/blog\/2025\/3\/26\/cuomo-leads-nyc-mayors-race-with-39-mamdani-at-15-all-other-candidates-in-single-digits\" target=\"_blank\">leading in the polls<\/a>, not because he&#8217;s a good candidate, but because the other Democrats are insane:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The New York Working Families Party is rallying with its mayoral endorsement slate: Zohran Mamdani, Adrienne Adams, Zellnor Myrie and Brad Lander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRank the slate, and of course remember the DREAM,\u201d co-director Jasmine Gripper says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r2nCEn9fOT\">pic.twitter.com\/r2nCEn9fOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Coltin (@JCColtin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCColtin\/status\/1906394666536218721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Just because the Democrat party nationally has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/03\/21\/polling-data-democrats-primaries-grassroots-tea-party-00241769\" target=\"_blank\">historically low approval<\/a>, I do not see an opening for a Republican-leaning independent to win the general election right now.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D29294&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29294\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29294\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29294\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Eric Adams deciding to run for re-election as an independent, the general election for NYC Mayor could be a 5-way with: Andrew Cuomo (D) Curtis Sliwa (R) Eric Adams (I) Jim Walden (I) Zohran Mamdani (WFP) Cuomo can win with a plurality in the upper 30s. 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