Cuomo calls Mamdani a “ socialist ” dangerous “in a stormy mayor race in New York

Zohran Mamdani is “dangerous”, and socialism would be a “death of death for New York”, former governor Andrew Cuomo told Maria Bartiromo de Fox News on “Sunday Morning Futures”.

The main candidates for the town hall represent the political divide which has prepared for the Democratic Party since President Donald Trump recovered the White House last year.

Cuomo said that this “internal debate” should be “not surprising”, binding Mamdani to his colleagues Socialist Democrats self-proclaimed, representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dn.y., and the senator. Bernie SandersI-VT., Who both approved Mamdani’s campaign.

“The primaries obtain the most active, often on the democratic side, the people the most on the left to vote, and he mobilized the 20 to 30 years, the socialists. Socialist organizations across the country sent volunteers, sent funding,” said Cuomo, rationalizing the Mamdani democratic victory.

The New York official warns that companies will flee “en masse if the socialist democratic candidate wins the mayor’s race

Former governor Andrew Cuomo on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024 in Washington, DC (Al Drago / Getty Images)

The former governor, who presents himself as an independent candidate after losing against Mamdani in June, said that the general electorate was “very different”.

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“New York people are not socialist,” said Cuomo. “They are not anti-business people. They are not anti-business people. They want jobs. They want growth.”

“It is contrary to New York to be anti-enterprise,” said Cuomo on Fox News on Sunday, criticizing Mamdani and his “socialist” colleagues who believe in government gifts, taxing the rich and grabbing the means of production.

The city of New York was “built on capitalism,” said Cuomo.

New York Democrat mayor’s candidate Zohran Mamdani spoke with supporters during a Canvass launch event at Prospect Park on August 17, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey / Fox News Digital)

Mamdani plans to pay its ambitious political program, which includes free buses, health care and grocery stores managed by the city, increasing taxes on 1% and companies.

Its plan includes the increase in the tax rate of companies to 11.5% and tax the richest 1% of New Yorkers 2%, according to the Mamdani campaign website.

“New York companies are already very taxed, as are individuals,” said Cuomo. “I think it would be a death death knell for New York, and he is dangerous, frankly, for New York.”

Meanwhile, Cuomo explained that his “pro-growth development strategy” focuses on the attraction and creation of businesses and is at the heart of the Cuomo campaign.

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo relaunched his New York mayor campaign as an independent candidate. (Reuters / David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

“Too many companies, as you know, have left New York. So number one, get more companies here and develop the companies that are here,” said Cuomo.

A The Bloomberg study found that 158 ​​companies managing $ 993 billion in assets brought their head office in New York between 2020 and 2023.

In addition to creating companies in New York, Cuomo said it focuses on public security and affordable housing.

“Crime is a real problem in New York as in cities across the country, and New York exacerbated it. A few years ago, the socialists crossed this” challenge the police, “this anti-political movement,” said Cuomo.

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According to the Cuomo campaign website, the former governor wishes to add 5,000 new police officers to the New York Police Service (NYPD). He told Fox News that he planned to add 1,500 officers to the patrol metros.

And to provide more affordable housing, Cuomo said that he planned to add 50,000 new units per year, which “will add to the supply and meet the demand”.

Fox News Digital contacted Mamdani for a response to Cuomo’s comments but did not immediately hear.