From the New York Post: Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo would handily win a ranked-choice Democratic primary election for mayor, a new poll projected — as embattled incumbent Eric Adams trailed the pack.
Cuomo dominated the field of likely opponents in a ranked-choice election — even though he hasn’t officially jumped into the race for City Hall, according to the poll, conducted by Democratic activist group Progressive Democrats of America.
Some 32% of those polled picked Cuomo as their favorite candidate, with former city Comptroller Scott Stringer trailing far behind with 10%, followed by city Comptroller Brad Lander at 8% and Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos at 7%.
Adams was the top choice of only 6% of those polled, tying him with Assemblymember Zohran Mandani.
#New New York City mayor poll
Cuomo 32%
Stringer 10%
Lander 8%
Diaz Jr 7%
Ramus 7%
Adams (Inc) 6%Hart research #B – 800 LV pic.twitter.com/eRxY2S71Kh
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) January 13, 2025
Whitney Tilson, a Democrat who has announced his campaign for NYC mayor, stressed in a CNN interview what Cuomo would NOT be a good mayor for New York City.
.@kasie: “Do you think that [Andrew] Cuomo would make a good mayor of New York City?”
NYC mayoral candidate @WhitneyTilson: “No. He’s deeply unpopular. He resigned in scandal and disgrace as governor and… he is the embodiment of the career politician.” pic.twitter.com/F6yU6BbeZh
— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) January 13, 2025
Below is Tilson’s campaign video, just posted Monday morning:
I am running for mayor of New York City. I am the only change candidate in the Democratic primary – the only one with a business background, and the only one who isn’t a career politician.
Check out my launch video: pic.twitter.com/S2nDBG8cxu
— Whitney Tilson (@WhitneyTilson) January 13, 2025
Curtis Silwa, a former NYC mayoral candidate, reacted:
New York City will never elect Cuomo as Mayor. As Governor, he “push(ed) to “transform” mental health in New York by getting rid of psychiatric hospital beds that he said New York didn’t need.” (from Stephen Eide with NY Post 10/19/22).
Cuomo pushed thousands of mentally ill patients out of psychiatric hospitals as Governor. He forced thousands of mentally ill people to be left homeless on the streets, suffering and freezing. Cuomo preferred mentally ill people get incarcerated, then released back in our streets.
Cold hearted Cuomo disturbingly took away medical care from those in desperate need of mental health care. We’ll never forget that.
New York City will never elect Cuomo as Mayor. As Governor, he “push(ed) to “transform” mental health in New York by getting rid of psychiatric hospital beds that he said New York didn’t need.” (from Stephen Eide with NY Post 10/19/22).
Cuomo pushed thousands of mentally ill… pic.twitter.com/I3DVqm4epx
— Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) January 9, 2025
Not yet a candidate, but former Gov. Cuomo dominates the field for New York City mayor, according to a poll commissioned by a 501(c)(4). Via @SallyGold and myself. https://t.co/FjIVJ0J1qp
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) January 13, 2025
Asked about the poll showing Andrew Cuomo way ahead in the mayoral field, Adams is *prepared* with a news clipping from February 2021 that suggested Andrew Yang was ahead. “Polls don’t make mayors, people do,” he said. pic.twitter.com/URMwXJuByZ
— Annie McDonough (@Annie_McDonough) January 13, 2025
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