"I have to do what's best for New York, the 58-year-old told Al Jazeera outside his apartment complex in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It's wild that this is actually coming out of my mouth: Andrew Cuomo is best for New York. Of course, Berwick, a regular Republican voter, said he would prefer to cast his ballot for Sliwa, a New York stalwart who rose to prominence by leading a controversial volunteer crime-fighting group, the Guardian Angels, in the 1980s."
"Cuomo's campaign hopes that there are many voters in the city like Berwick, willing to hold their nose and vote for a Democrat to stop Mamdani, an avowed democratic socialist who surged to surprise success in the June Democratic primary on a broad and ambitious platform of affordability and progressive reform. Peeling off conservatives, while rallying independents and Democrats wary of Mamdani, could be Cuomo's clearest shot at victory."
Andrew Cuomo is targeting conservatives, independents and Democrats wary of Zohran Mamdani as a route to victory in the New York City mayoral race. Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old avowed democratic socialist, leads by substantial margins after a surprise June primary win on a platform focused on affordability and progressive reform. Some traditionally Republican voters express willingness to support Cuomo as the lesser of two evils to prevent a Mamdani administration. Republican Curtis Sliwa retains GOP support but faces challenges in a predominantly Democratic electorate. High-quality polls show Mamdani leading Cuomo by double digits in many surveys.
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