Cuomo Links La Violence To Trump As He Courts Nyc Voters Ahead Of Primary

With little than 2 weeks to spell until New York City's Democratic Party mayoral primary, frontrunner and erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is spotlighting nan unrest successful Los Angeles to raise warnings astir President Donald Trump and showcase his ain experience.

"LA’s successful chaos. Imagine it’s Times Square. Trump’s coming for New York. Who do you deliberation tin extremity him?" a narrator says complete images of nan rioting successful Los Angeles successful a caller advertisement by Cuomo that started moving Thursday.

Cuomo, who said recently that, arsenic mayor, he'd equine a nationalist run to effort and thwart Trump's agenda, is now vowing to protect New York City from what he suggests is simply a imaginable early national crackdown against migration protests.

The erstwhile three-term politician resigned from agency successful 2021 amid aggregate scandals and is now aiming for governmental redemption arsenic he useful to propulsion disconnected a run comeback. On Wednesday, he based on nan president has "declared war" connected New York and different cities crossed nan state and suggested Trump whitethorn yet nonstop troops into New York City.

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"Trump’s astatine nan metropolis gates," nan narrator successful Cuomo's advertisement says. "We request personification knowledgeable to slam them shut."

The merchandise of nan caller spot, which nan Cuomo run says will tally successful nan metropolis arsenic portion of a seven-figure advertisement bargain crossed each platforms, including cablegram and broadcast television, comes arsenic progressive Zohran Mamdani has been rising successful nan astir caller nationalist sentiment polls successful nan mayoral superior title and is now a clear 2nd to nan much mean erstwhile governor.

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Mamdani, a 33-year-old authorities assembly personnel from Queens, is simply a personification of colour and a antiauthoritarian socialist primitively from Uganda. His superior bid was boosted past week aft he landed an endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nan progressive champion and New York City's astir salient leader connected nan left.

Democratic mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo, acold left, and Zohran Mamdani, 2nd from right, coming arguments arsenic Whitney Tilson, 2nd from left, and Michael Blake look connected during a Democratic mayoral superior statement Wednesday, June 4, 2025, successful New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

Ahead of nan June 24 primary, nan 67-year-old Cuomo has been questioning Mamdani's acquisition starring New York City.

"Who do you deliberation tin extremity him?," nan narrator successful nan caller advertisement says, referring to Trump.

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"Zohran Mamdani’s a 33-year-old dangerously inexperienced legislator who’s passed conscionable 3 bills pinch a unit you tin fresh wrong a New York elevator," nan narrator argues. "We request personification fresh to roll. Andrew Cuomo managed a authorities and managed crises, from COVID to Trump."

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to nan New York City District Council of Carpenters while campaigning for politician of New York City March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Cuomo has spent nan past 4 years fighting to clear his sanction aft 11 intersexual harassment accusations, which he has many times denied, forced his resignation. He was besides nether investigation astatine nan clip for his handling of nan COVID-19 pandemic amid allegations his management vastly understated COVID-related deaths astatine authorities nursing homes. 

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Last month, nan Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Cuomo aft Republicans accused him of lying to Congress astir nan decisions he made arsenic politician during nan coronavirus pandemic.