Andrew Cuomo, former Governor facing disgrace, declares candidacy for mayor of New York City

Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of the Big Apple. 

The Democrat, 67, made the announcement on Saturday in a 17-minute video to his YouTube and social media channels. 

The news comes just years after he resigned from office in 2021 after facing a slew of sexual harassment allegations, all of which he’s denied. 

Cuomo, who is Chris Cuomo’s brother, mentioned to his audience that while he believes ‘New York City is the greatest city in the world,’ he also expressed concern that it is facing some challenges.

He described the city as feeling ‘threatening’ and ‘out of control,’ attributing these issues to decisions made by political leaders rather than unforeseen circumstances.

He specifically criticized the lack of effective action by certain political figures, alluding to Mayor Eric Adams of New York City without directly naming him.

Allies of Cuomo’s campaign filed paperwork on Wednesday with the New York Board of Elections to create a political action committee called ‘Fix the City,’ USA Today reported. 

The group plans to raise $15 million,  more than double the amount raised by the Super PAC during Adam’s 2021 campaign, according to the New York Times. 

Other than Cuomo, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Brad Lander, the city’s comptroller, State Senator Jessica Ramos, former Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Assemblyman Zoharn Mamdani and former assembly member Michael Blake are in the running as well. 

Adams is also running for re-election. The mayoral election is set for November 4.

Adams, who was considered a good pick for the job when he won in 2021, has since faced a major decline over his corruption indictment, his handling of illegal migrants in the city, and more pressing issues. 

He was charged in September with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and receiving campaign contributions from foreign nationals.

The mayor is also accused of defrauding NYC taxpayers of $10 million through allegedly fraudulent campaign funds.

Adams pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and claimed he has done nothing wrong after becoming the first mayor in the city’s history to face criminal charges while in office.

Recently, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department asked federal prosecutors to drop his corruption case.

Meanwhile, Cuomo, has put his name in the running, as many predicted he would due to Adams’ low ratings. 

He was accused of allegedly groping a former staffer and then state worker Brittany Commisso in November 2020. 

Commisso, who was his former exective assistant, claims that Cuomo subjected her to ‘demanding tasks,’ kissing and groping. 

She filed a lawsuit against him in November 2022 after working for the former governor in the Executive Chamber from 2019 until August 2021. 

Commisso alleged the Cuomo put her through ‘humiliating and demeaning tasks, hugs, kisses, sexual touching of the buttocks and forcible touching of the breast.’

She previously accused him of groping her inside the Executive Mansion and filed a criminal complaint against him which was later dropped.

He resigned from office that year amidst a probe into his behavior by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Following the accusations and him leaving his position, Cuomom subpoenaed a number of women who accused him of sexual harassment in an attempt to clear his name. 

Cuomo, sent the subpoenas to Commisso, Virginia Limmiatis, Ana Liss, Alyssa McGrath, Lindsey Boylan, five of the 11 women who accused him of sexual misconduct. 

Cuomo previously tried to subpoena files from James’ office along with investigation documents from the State Assembly. 

In January 2022, former Albany County District Attorney Davis Soares dropped Cuomo’s criminal complaint and announced that he would not face any other charges in relation to the groping allegations, citing lack of evidence. 

Just days later, a judge dropped the criminal charge against Cuomo. 

In addition to the scandal, Cuomo also faced claims that his administration lied about the number of Covid-19 deaths in nursing home across the Empire State – accusations which he has denied.

His comments about the deaths were recently released in September, as the embroiled Democrat reportedly asked, ‘who cares?’ while discussing the number of deaths in a closed-door meeting with the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Back in June he testified behind closed doors for seven hours but that transcript has not been released. 

The House subcommittee then issued a series of X posts that claimed Cuomo was ‘shockingly callous’ and showed ‘little remorse for the thousands of lives lost’ during that testimony. 

According to the posts, Cuomo said: ‘…let’s say there’s a 3,000 [deaths] differential, 2500. Who cares? What difference does it make in any dimension to anyone about anything?’

During the tense hearing, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Cuomo committed ‘murder’ for the pandemic issue. 

The ex-Governor repeated his previous arguments that his guidance was based on federal guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

‘You signed the directive to put Covid-19 patients into nursing homes on March 25 which led to the murdering of people’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Yes, murdering them,’ Taylor-Greene fumed. 

Cuomo was previously married to Kerry Kennedy – the daughter of former U.S. States Senator Robert F. Kennedy. 

They share three daughters together – Michaela, 27, and twins Cara and Mariah, 30.  The couple divorced in 2005.