After Remark About Mamdani and Sept. 11, Cuomo Faces Democratic Rebukes

[RandySF]

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo laughed along with a conservative radio host on Thursday who said that Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim mayoral candidate, would celebrate another Sept. 11-style terrorist attack on New York City.

Within hours, the exchange ricocheted across the campaign trail, where Mr. Mamdani and a cross-section of Democrats denounced the conversation as Islamophobic and outside the bounds of even a heated campaign.

The episode began as part of a friendly interview between the radio host, Sid Rosenberg, and Mr. Cuomo, who is openly courting Republican votes as he attempts to catch Mr. Mamdani in the polls before Nov. 4.

Mr. Cuomo, 67, had been arguing that Mr. Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker and Democratic nominee, was dangerously unprepared to lead a city as large as New York through events like natural disasters or the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/cuomo-mamdani-sept-11.html

[pat_k]

1. I'm not a New Yorker, so I don't have a say. However, in my book, sexually harassing at least 11 women --

a finding confirmed by independent investigations by the NY AGs office and the DOJ -- utterly disqualifies Cuomo. When you add that to withholding nursing home death data to cover the horrible consequences of ordering nursing homes to take in COVID patients, it is hard to imagine why anyone would vote for him.

Perhaps the best moment of the debate comes in the first 30 seconds of this compilation: