Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was riding high last night. He performed well in the second and final New York City mayoral debate, managed to catch the end of The Knicks home-opener win courtside and had an endorsement from Mayor Eric Adams in the pipeline. Then he went on Sid Rosenberg’s conservative radio show and came crashing back to earth thanks to an Islamophobic comment that has drawn widespread condemnation during the homestretch of his campaign.
Speaking on WABC’s Sid & Friends in the Morning , Cuomo spoke disparagingly of Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, his Democratic opponent who would be the first Muslim mayor of New York City, and how Mamdani might manage a disaster. "God forbid, another 9/11 – can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asked. “He’d be cheering,” Rosenberg repl

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