Adams, Cuomo trade jabs in interviews as Dems-turned-independents court anti-Mamdani vote

Former New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Eric Adams took aim at each other in separate interviews as each tries to position himself as the right choice for those who do not want their far-left opponent Zohran Mamdani to be the city's next mayor During a Saturday breakfast event in the Hamptons hosted by businessman and conservative radio host John Catsimatidis Cuomo took a veiled shot at Adams by arguing that New York City hasn't had a competent mayor since Michael Bloomberg left office in the New York Post revealed Cuomo who like Adams is running as an independent against Democratic nominee Mamdani and Republican Curtis Sliwa added that the city at present feels out of control Adams meanwhile was not shy about criticizing Cuomo while making his own circumstance as the choice for moderates and conservatives who do not want the democratic socialist Mamdani UNEARTHED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS EXPOSE RADICAL ANTI-ISRAEL VIEWS OF MAMDANI'S DAD 'COLONIAL OCCUPATION' Andrew Cuomo is running from his record Bail overhaul I had to fix that Cannabis Law I had to fix that Raise the Age which ended automatically prosecuting - and -year-olds as adults I had to fix that Adams announced in a Thursday interview with the Post You look at my record and then you compare it to his record I had to fix his mess He created a mess for our city and I got to fix it the mayor added MAMDANI'S FAILURE TO WALK BACK THESE POSITIONS COULD CAUSE RECKONING IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 'FIVE-ALARM WARNING'Both men also took their fair share of shots at Mamdani as well Cuomo warned that he would move to Florida if Mamdani is elected although his campaign insisted to the Post that this was a joke Governor Cuomo would never give up on New York Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi advised the newspaper That announced the line underscored the stakes in the upcoming voting process and the pitfall of electing a dangerously inexperienced hate-spewing -year-old socialist whose campaign consists of unrealistic bumper sticker slogans Look at Mandani s policies once you empty out Rikers Island that s a major impact Adams notified The New York Post referencing Mamdani's plan to reduce the prison's population It s going to go back to the communities that crime came from Adams a former police officer went on to criticize Mamdani's plan to have social workers respond to domestic violence calls rather than police Adams referenced NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora and his partner Jason Rivera who were shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in Mora and Rivera the two cops who were shot in the beginning of my mayoral career they died and were assassinated responding to a domestic violence call Adams declared Fox News Digital reached out to the Adams Cuomo and Mamdani campaigns for comment but they did not instantly respond Mamdani secured the Democratic nomination last month leaving voters who are not among the far left to choose between two Democrats-turned-independents in Adams and Cuomo and the Republican Sliwa