It’s apparently “ Prostitution Week ” at the Andrew Cuomo mayoral campaign – but the former governor didn’t recall a landmark 2021 law he signed to prevent cops from arresting people for “loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.”

Cuomo has blasted his Democratic rival Zohran Mamdani for previously pushing to decriminalize sex work, and Mayor Eric Adams piled on Monday, criticizing prostitution on religious grounds. Mamdani hasn’t emphasized the issue on the campaign trail, and he’s vaguely said he wouldn’t prioritize it as mayor. But he has co-sponsored legislation in the Assembly to decriminalize sex work, which Cuomo has said would endanger women and increase crime.

On Monday morning, Cuomo visited businesses along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor in Jackson Heig

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