President Trump on Monday urged New York City voters to support former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s election.

“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home, because of the fact that, as a Communist, this once great City has ZERO chance of success, or even survival! It can only get worse with a Communist at the helm, and I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad. It is my obligation to run the Nation, and it is my strong conviction that New York City will be a Complete and Total Economic and Social Disaster should Mamdani win,” Trump explained in a Truth Social post.

“His principles have been tested for over a thousand years, and never once have they been successful. I would much rather see a Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN, than a Communist with no experience and a Record of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE. He was nothing as an Assemblyman, ranked at the bottom of the class and, as Mayor of potentially, again, the Greatest City in the World, HE HAS NO CHANCE to bring it back to its former Glory!” Trump continued.

“We must also remember this — A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani. Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!” he concluded.

Mamdani mocked Cuomo for gaining Trump’s backing in the mayoral election.

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“Congratulations, @AndrewCuomo. I know how hard you worked for this,” he said.

The Hill shared:

The president signaled on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, two days before Election Day, that he saw the former New York governor as the lesser of two evils in comparison to Mamdani.

“It’s going to be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York. Because if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there,” Trump said.

“So I don’t know that he’s won, and I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other, but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I’m going to pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.”

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, shocked the political world when he defeated Cuomo in the June Democratic primary for the Big Apple’s mayor. His star has risen dramatically in recent months, with many talking about Mamdani’s campaign as a blueprint for the Democrats to look at in future elections.

In a recent poll, Cuomo has significantly narrowed Mamdani’s lead heading into Tuesday.

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The New York State Assemblyman leads Cuomo 43.9 percent to 39.4 percent.

Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has 15.5 percent in the poll.

AtlasIntel, which ranked as the most accurate polling company of the 2024 election by Nate Silver, conducted the poll.

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It also ranked as the most accurate pollster of the 2020 election.

New York City witnessed a substantial increase in early voting compared to the 2021 mayoral election.

Patch explained:

More than 700,000 New Yorkers cast their vote during the early voting period — the highest turnout for early voting in a non-presidential election in the city.

In total, 735,317 New Yorkers voted during the nine-day period. More than 150,000 people voted on the last day of early voting across citywide.

Here's the breakdown of early voting figures by borough:

1. Brooklyn: 243,737

2. Manhattan: 212,679

3. Queens: 166,519

4. Bronx: 58,661

5. Staten Island: 53,721

The early voting turnout this year was more than four times the overall total from the 2021 general election, which saw only 169,879 early votes cast.

In the first four days, the turnout for the 2025 general election has already surpassed figures from 2021, with one voting demographic leading the way so far, Patch previously reported.

Voters between the ages of 55-82 appear to have turned out in higher numbers during early voting. It's something that could possibly benefit former Governor Andrew Cuomo as he tries to defeat Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.

 

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