“Republican voters are not going to vote for Andrew Cuomo,” the city’s five GOP county chairs said in a joint statement, which included Manhattan GOP Chair Andrea Catsimatidis, John Catsimatidis’ daughter.

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.

In the face of weak polling figures, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has turned to uglier tactics in his bid to become New York City’s mayor over his main rival, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo, running as an independent, has long sought to paint Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, as too extreme.

Andrew Cuomo's NYC mayoral campaign walked back an AI-generated ad that depicted rival Zohran Mamdani's supporters committing crimes Wednesday.

Even as Mr. Cuomo has ramped up attacks against the front-runner, Zohran Mamdani, and repeated calls for Curtis Sliwa to drop out, he plans to retain last week’s debate strategy.

The candidates faced off in a final mayoral debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, stood outside a mosque Friday and slammed independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for laughing at the suggestion Mamdani would cheer a terror attack.