Almost three weeks after his crushing primary loss, Andrew Cuomo has announced he's actively running in the November general election as an independent, and he is taking a page out of Zohran Mamdani's playbook—even if he still struggles to pronounce his rival's name.
In a 94-second video posted on Monday afternoon, Cuomo vowed to continue his campaign into the fall.
"My opponent, Mr. Mamdani, offers slick slogans, but no real solutions," Cuomo says, once again botching the Democratic nominee's name ("Mandani"), before ticking off a platform that sounds an awful lot like Mamdani's: "We need a city with lower rent, safer streets, where buying your first home is once again possible, where child care won't bankrupt you."
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