Andrew Cuomos confidantes spreading the word of his run for mayor as Adams faces mounting investigations: sources
Supporters of ex-Gov.Andrew Cuomo “are spreading the word” that he is running for mayor, sources say — as the Adams administration faces mounting investigations.The CEO of a prominent investment banking firm has told other corporate honchos — who donate to campaigns — that the fallen ex-governor will make a comeback bid for New York City mayor next year, according to a business community insider.“His agents are spreading the word.
They’re spreading the word that Cuomo is running,” the source briefed on the discussions said of the banking exec.The Cuomo for mayor push comes as Adams’ popularity has plummeted amid several federal corruption probes that triggered the resignation of his police commissioner Edward Caban and his chief counsel, Lisa Zornberg, a former federal prosecutor, to suddenly step down over the weekend.Former aides and allies talking up a potential Cuomo candidacy include his ex-righthand Melissa DeRosa.DeRosa, during a Forbes interview posted Monday, said her phone was “ringing off the hook” about a Cuomo run.“What people are saying is, ‘he’s got to run, he’s got to run.”But longtime associate Steve Cohen, a former federal prosecutor, told The Post “absolutely not” when asked if he was informing associates that Cuomo was running.And a source close to Bill Mulrow a Blackstone executive who was chairman of Cuomo’s 2018 re-election campaign, also said he wasn’t telling people the ex-gov is running.A “lot of other people are encouraging [Cuomo] to run,” the source added.Cuomo resigned in disgrace in August 2021 amid a slew of sexual misconduct allegations and the controversy over penning a controversial profit-making book deal about the COVID-19 pandemic.
He denied any wrongdoing but faced impeachment proceedings if he didn’t step down.He would join a growing field in a Democratic primary including Queens state Sen.Jessica Ramos, a former aide to ex-mayor Bill de Blasio; Brooklyn state Sen.
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