FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Bessie Smith Cultural Heart in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. February 12, 2020. (REUTERS/Doug Strickland)
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced on Tuesday that he’s backing ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s Democratic mayoral major, regardless of previous variations between the 2 once they had been each in workplace.
Bloomberg, whose 2002 to 2013 tenure overlapped with Cuomo’s, stated in a Tuesday assertion that the previous governor is the one Democrat within the crowded major area with the expertise to successfully lead town at this second in time. He stated that he continues to “care deeply” in regards to the metropolis and has had issue watching its “struggles,” particularly because the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In sizing up the field in the race for mayor, there is one candidate whose management experience and government know-how stand above the others: Andrew Cuomo,” he stated.
Bloomberg can be an ally of present Mayor Eric Adams and backed him within the 2021 mayor’s race. Adams is just not taking part on this yr’s Democratic major after vying to as a substitute run within the normal election as an impartial.
The previous mayor cited what he described as Cuomo’s success in executing huge infrastructure initiatives, such because the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport and the development of the Second Avenue Subway, throughout his 11 years because the state’s prime govt.
“I served with four New York governors and had differences with all of them, including Cuomo,” Bloomberg stated. “But I also know his strengths as a leader and manager. Of all the candidates, Andrew has the skills our city needs to lead us forward. He has decades of experience navigating state and federal governments. He has governed as a pragmatist, focused on solving problems rather than engaging in ideological or partisan warfare.”
Andrew Cuomo speaks throughout a Democratic mayoral major debate, June 4, 2025, in New York, U.S. Yuki Iwamura/Pool by way of REUTERS
Cuomo is trying to make a political comeback after resigning in 2021 amid roughly a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct that he denies. He’s the frontrunner within the race, having constantly led within the polls and attracted nearly all of assist from institutional politicos and labor unions.
The previous governor, in flip, praised Bloomberg for ushering town via its restoration from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist assaults, reworking its funds deficit right into a surplus, and preventing for gun security rules.
“Under his steady hand and with his strong management, New York City was the best-run city in the country, and his leadership has been sorely missed every day since,” Cuomo stated in an announcement.
Bloomberg’s transfer may give Cuomo a lift within the last stretch of the marketing campaign, as Democratic socialist Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani (Queens) seems to be closing the polling hole between himself and the previous governor.
In an announcement, Mamdani’s marketing campaign blasted the assist from Bloomberg, who’s a multi-billionaire, for Cuomo as one more signal that the ex-governor is the rich’s most popular candidate.
“The billionaires are consolidating around Andrew Cuomo because they know he will preserve the broken status quo,” it stated. “New Yorkers are rallying behind Zohran Mamdani because they are ready for a new generation of leadership that puts working people first. On June 24, we will shock the political establishment and win a city we can all actually afford.”
