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Cuomo invokes fears of Mamdani’s Muslim faith in final days of NYC mayoral race

Cuomo targets Mamdani's Muslim faith to sway moderates, conservatives, and Jewish voters, citing public safety and education concerns in NYC's mayoral race.

  • In the last days before the November 4 general election, Andrew Cuomo kept up a late-campaign effort to raise fears about Zohran Mamdani's Muslim faith and chuckled as radio host Sid Rosenberg called Mamdani a `terrorist`.
  • To win moderates and conservatives, Cuomo framed Mamdani as betraying Islam for supporting decriminalization of sex work and linked this to public safety, while aiming to peel away older voters by promising more officers and gifted programs.
  • During the campaign Cuomo's team used an AI-generated video and mailers, while an anti-Mamdani super PAC ran ads depicting Mamdani in traditional dress to smear him, Mamdani said.
  • Several Democrats sharply criticized the comments, with Zohran Mamdani calling them `disgusting` and US Rep. Ritchie Torres urging a cooler public discourse amid Islamophobia charges.
  • The debate over rhetoric matters in a city where 1 in 8 New Yorkers are Muslim and Cuomo has intensified outreach with Hindus for Cuomo outreach and gurdwara visits after visiting mosques.
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Cuomo invokes fears of Mamdani’s Muslim faith in final days of NYC mayoral race

Andrew Cuomo kept up a late-campaign effort to raise fears about the Muslim faith of Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, even laughing Thursday at the suggestion that Mamdani would cheer a terror attack like 9/11 were it to happen again.

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