Former Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly told allies he would consider running for New York City mayor if Eric Adams is forced out of office.

Although he wouldn’t try to compete against Adams in a Democrat primary, he may seek the position if Adams “sinks under the weight of a federal investigation,” POLITICO reports.

“Disgraced former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering a run for mayor of New York City if Biden’s DOJ successfully destroys Mayor Eric Adams,” journalist Nick Sortor commented.

“Cuomo’s policies led to the deaths of THOUSANDS of elderly New Yorkers due to him FORCING patients with COVID back into nursing homes, then proceeding to LIE about the numbers. Cuomo is a fraud. He should be NOWHERE NEAR an elected office ever again,” he added.

POLITICO reports:

Cuomo, who resigned more than two years ago amid allegations of sexual harassment and claims his administration covered up the number of Covid-19 deaths tied to nursing homes, has begun in recent days to gauge the viability of a potential mayoral bid, according to eight people who have talked to him or his inner circle.

And a new poll that began circulating last week measures how voters feel about Cuomo, his accomplishments in office and the controversies that led to his resignation.

“I got the impression that he is ready,” said the Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr., a former state senator and ex-member of the New York City Council, who spoke to Cuomo last week. “No one knows what’s going to happen in the city.”

According to Vanity Fair, Cuomo “appears eager to make a political comeback.”

Per Vanity Fair:

Eric Adams is suddenly contending with an FBI investigation that has quickly escalated in seriousness. First, the home of the mayor’s chief campaign fundraiser was searched. Then, agents approached the mayor himself on a Manhattan street, seizing two cell phones and an iPad, which the FBI later returned. Adams and the campaign fundraiser have not been charged with anything, and the mayor has said repeatedly that he has done nothing wrong and is cooperating with any law enforcement inquiries.

None of this has stopped the speculation game from whirring into full speed: If Adams departs, who’s next in line to be mayor? Most of the names circulating have low profiles with the city’s voting public: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Comptroller Brad Lander, and State Senator Jessica Ramos. But lurking and watching is Cuomo, the former governor who resigned in August 2021 under the very dark cloud of a report from the state attorney general, Letitia James, that she said corroborated sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo by 11 women, with accusations ranging from his having groped one aide to his having initiated creepy conversations about dating habits with another. Cuomo denied those allegations at the time and has been aggressively trying to refute them ever since.

He has also been calculating a comeback. Last year he considered challenging his successor, Kathy Hochul, in the governor’s race. Now sources in Cuomo’s orbit say members of the city’s real estate and labor union classes are urging Cuomo to mount a run for City Hall if Adams is pushed out by legal troubles. Cuomo isn’t saying yes. But he isn’t saying no, either. The way everyone describes Cuomo’s reaction: He’s listening.

The FBI recently seized communication devices belonging to New York City Mayor Eric Adams as part of a corruption probe into his 2021 campaign.

“The feds seized the devices in connection to an investigation into whether Hizzoner’s campaign colluded with the Turkish government and others to direct money into his mayoral effort,” the New York Post reported.

FBI Seizes Communication Devices Of Democrat Mayor In Corruption Probe

 

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