At his first public appearance since Mayor Adams announced Sunday he was dropping out of the mayioral race , former governor Andrew Cuomo praised the incumbent’s “selflessness” at the launch of an organization “Hindus for Cuomo” in Queens.
“I applaud his selflessness,” said Cuomo, who’s running for mayor as an independent in the wake of resigning the governorship after accusations by multiple women of sexual harassment that Cuomo now denies.
“You know, we often wonder, is it about us, or is it about a greater calling,” Cuomo said. “And I think what Mayor Adams said today speaks volumes. He said, ‘I’m going to put my personal ambition aside for the good of the city’, because he’s afraid of the result if Mr. [Zoran] Mamdani were to win the election, and we should all be afraid of the r