NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo said the Democratic Party in New York City has veered too far left for his centrist brother to make a successful mayoral bid.
Cuomo, who was fired by CNN in 2021 for allegedly helping then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo with public relations and crisis management counsel in the face of sexual harassment allegations, was worried about the toll the race would take on his sister.
“I feel like he’s done so much and there’s such a high price to get into that game now — especially in his own party — that I don’t know why he seems so motivated to serve,” the younger Cuomo said. , 54, on his site. show on monday.
Speculation about who will run for mayor increased after Eric Adams was indicted by the federal government last month on charges of accepting illegal campaign contributions and bribes from foreign nationals.
Chris Cuomo said his brother was “listening to people telling him to run,” though he cautioned, “Man, there’s a lot of ifs in this.”
“How radicalized left is the party structure in those special or primary elections? Who else runs?”
His comments were reported by news site Mediaite.
Cuomo wondered whether Adams will finish his term or resign — triggering a special election.
“I think it’s a lot of parts, but the most important part is my brother’s conviction,” Chris Cuomo said.
“And all I know is that he doesn’t share my lack of respect for the process.”
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Andrew Cuomo, told The Post: “Even you guys know that Governor Cuomo has no bigger supporter than Chris.”
“This is all premature, but politics is ugly and the process can be brutal, but the governor still believes in public service, no matter the personal cost,” Azzopardi said, adding: “Chris respects that, as he said .”
Adams has pleaded not guilty. He has insisted that he has no plans to resign.
The mayor said Monday that he had accepted the resignation of his deputy for public safety, Philip Banks, the latest top official to leave as the mayor defends an indictment and calls for his resignation.
Adams’ director of Asian affairs, Winnie Greco, also resigned and the city fired another former aide, Rana Abbasova, who previously served as the mayor’s liaison to the Turkish community, a City Hall spokesman said Monday night.
Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2022 after several women came forward to accuse him of harassment, was looking to return to politics before the Adams indictment.
He has denied the accusations of sexual harassment.
A coalition of progressive forces in local politics that includes labor, business and advocacy groups is beginning to plan a counter-effort designed to prevent a Cuomo comeback as mayor, according to Politico.
But the former governor’s spokesman dismissed the idea that unions would not support a possible Cuomo mayoral bid.
“Anyone who is desperately pointing this out is about organized labor, forgetting the governor’s decades-long relationship with them and his track record of delivering on issues such as the $15 minimum wage, paid family leave and projects of once-in-a-generation infrastructure does not. pass the smell test,” Azzopardi told The Post.
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