New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani closely criticized reported strikes by President Trump relating to the race.
“Right now we discovered Andrew Cuomo is immediately coordinating with Donald Trump, at the same time as this President sends masked brokers to tear our neighbors off the streets and guts the social companies so many New Yorkers depend on,” Mamdani mentioned in a Wednesday put up on the social platform X.
“It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our metropolis,” he added.
The New York Instances reported Wednesday that eight sources mentioned the president talked in private about stepping into the race in an try to cease Mamdani from profitable the November election.
In accordance with the Instances, a Republican congressman and New York businessmen have been not too long ago pressed by the president about which of Mamdani’s rivals they consider may upset the Democratic nominee.
Trump and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, additionally a candidate for New York Metropolis mayor, mentioned the race in a cellphone name inside the previous few weeks, the Instances additionally reported. However Cuomo on Thursday pushed again on the report.
“I can’t bear in mind the final time I spoke to President Trump,” Cuomo mentioned throughout a press conference, including that he has “by no means spoken to him in regards to the mayor’s race.”
Mamdani’s Wednesday put up additionally featured a video clip of himself discussing The Instances report, slamming Trump for “conspiring” with Cuomo.
“It’s Donald Trump himself who has been immediately conspiring with candidates who’ve determined to surrender the people who they’re supposed to guard, in lieu of securing energy by means of the help of that very same administration in Washington, D.C.,” the New York state Meeting member mentioned.
The Hill has reached out to a spokesperson for Cuomo and the White Home for remark.