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Former New York Governor Andrew Kuoomo, who left the office from the office amid the sexual harassment scam in 2021, is preparing to announce a run for the mayor of New York City, four people told CNN familiar with the plan.
Cuomo is in the final stages of setting a run and a formal announcement is expected later this week, people said.
Cuomo, who have been out of public eyes since leaving the post on a large scale – have been working behind the curtain for months – calling MPs, meeting with labor leaders and experienced colleagues and campaigns of the campaign Calling those who have worked with them first, formulas. Said.
Rich Azopardi, a long -time spokesperson of Cumo refused to comment.
According to a person familiar with the governor’s thinking, Cumo is asked to consult with his family. His three daughters were expected to meet him in the city last week as he continued the verdict.
Two people familiar with the Governor’s thinking warns that Kuomo can still decide not to come into the race. Regarding the political office and the last minute decision about whether to start on high-profile run is the identity of the former governor’s political career.
Time is of the essence. The duration of the petition for the candidates wishing to appear on the June primary ballot began on Tuesday. Candidates will have to collect at least 3,750 signatures from registered voters by April 3Third,
Although he has been away from traditional media interviews and appearances in recent months, Cumo has largely looted the crowded area of candidates challenging Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming Democratic Primary in New York City.
Asked about the possible entry of Cumo in the race, Adams was dismissed on Monday.
,It is quick, this is the season. People come, people go out, things happen, goods are pop up. This is just the reality of this game, “Adams said during his weekly press briefing in the city hall. “I want to focus on running the city and do not want to get into the mayor’s race, it is going to be on the campaign mark.”
Although Cumo is quite silent on Adams’ political troubles, the growing scam of the mayor has inspired him to assure him that he has a real shot in taking a city hall, two people are familiar with his thinking.
Adams and Kuomo largely depend on the same important voting blocks – a alliance of union members, black voters and liberal democrats in the city that focus on public safety.
Although he is not yet officially in the race, Cumo has already acquired a handful of endorsements – including a time political rival Carl McCall, which was former state controller, which was Kuomo in 2002’s Gubarentorial Primary Was run against This was a derogatory disadvantage in Kuomo’s political career, starting at that time.
The New York City District Council of Carpenters is expected to announce that they are supporting Kuoomo in a few days, telling two people familiar with the Sangh’s decision to CNN. Congress Richie Torres, a democrats that represents the part of the Bronx, also stated that he would support Kuoom’s dialect for the city hall.
Both Cumo and Adams are seen as a liberal democrats.
In the last month, Adams has put intense pressure as MPs from across the city, as the Department of Justice directed federal prosecutors in Manhattan to give up allegations of corruption against them. In his instructions, DOJ clearly cited the need for Adams’s cooperation with President Trump’s immigration agenda, as one of the causes of dismissal. As a result of the memo, the prosecutors in New York and Washington DC, resulting in high-profile resignation and criticism, were called for prolonged criticism and Adams to remove Adams from the office.
Cuomo kept a close watch on the developments and has dropped indications on the way.
Last week, he posted a video of a campaign style for X, in which she was shown speaking in front of the audience of most black women, who appeared hugging them as they gave a small speech full of campaign-taiyar lines. Was.
“We have seen UPS and we have seen downs, we know how to work this city and make this state safe for everyone and this is what we are going to do,” Cumo says on the video .
