Former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to become the next mayor of New York City recieved a boost on Saturday, when a union representing more than 20,000 local transit workers endorsed his candidacy at an event on Staten Island.

John Costa, International President of the Amalgamated Transit Union , touted the former governors “historic investments in buses and public transit,” while rebuking his opponent, Democratic party nominee Zohran Mamdani, saying his proposal to eliminate fares on city buses will cost workers their jobs.

“While opponents talk about socialist free bus fares, a plan that was tried and failed in Kansas City to the detriment of the transit system and our workers, over a hundred of which were laid off, Andrew Cuomo has a real plan to strengthen public transit and

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