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Anti-Zohran Mamdani Republican City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov is pulling support for “loyal friend” Curtis Sliwa — and endorsing Andrew Cuomo in the hotly contested mayors

Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday pleaded with Republicans and conservatives to vote for him instead of GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa in the mayoral race — joking that “I don’t have

A spokesman for Cuomo tells PEOPLE the former governor does not actually believe Mamdani would celebrate a terrorist attack

Cuomo was criticizing Mamdani's executive experience and ability to handle disasters on a conservative radio show before an exchange referencing the 9/11 attacks.

“I’d go half-and-half,” Cuomo said, trying to appeal to both sides. Laughter erupted inside the room as Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, the republican nominee in the debate, both threw their hands up.

Bloomberg / The race has been followed nationwide in large part due to the 34-year-old candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist. "Mr. Cuomo, in 2021, 13 different women who worked in your administration credibly accused you of sexual harassment,

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani on Friday accused ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his other opponents of stoking Islamophobia — after fielding repeated attacks branding him antisemitic over his