MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- The controversy over the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James carried over onto the campaign trail for New York City's mayoral candidates on Friday.

The Democratic frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani, used the indictment of James to take aim at his opponent.

"Can you imagine Andrew Cuomo working with Tish James and Kathy Hochul to take on Donald Trump? This is a man who can't even say Tish James's name," he said. "This is a man who knows that the same donors that have put Donald Trump back in that White House are the ones who are funding his attempt, once again, to get to City Hall."

Unlike other Democrats, Cuomo did not explicitly defend James, initially. In a social media post, the former governor condemned partisan prosecutions, "Whether it com

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