New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral election Thursday, throwing his weight behind a bitter rival as he cast the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, as an avatar for radicals and gentrifiers.

“Am I angry I’m not the one taking down Zohran, the socialist and communist? You’re darn right I am,” Adams said, as he stood alongside a smiling Cuomo in Harlem. “We're fighting against a snake-oil salesman."

Adams had deemed Cuomo a “snake and a liar” before dropping his election campaign last month. “Brothers fight,” Adams said on Thursday. “But when families are attacked, brothers come together.”

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