Breaking: Andrew Cuomo Endorsed by the New York Sun
‘It’s hard to disagree with him when he declares: “This is the most important election I have ever been in.”’
On Zohran Mamdani: ‘His envisioned rent freeze would upend the city’s housing market, while his lax policies on crime would foment social disorder and ruin New Yorkers’ quality of life. His hostility to Israel and vow to arrest its duly-elected premier would poison relations with a key American ally.’
The New York Sun endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York City today, declaring that he is the candidate best equipped to defeat democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and his anti- New York agenda. The conservative-leaning Sun joins the New York Daily News and the Staten Island Advance in endorsing Cuomo’s candidacy. An excert and link to the editorial is below:
Andrew Cuomo’s Second Chance
The New York Sun urges a vote for the candidate the Democrats spurned in favor of a socialist who hates Israel.
The Bible recounts the tale of a flawed leader, Jephthah, a “man of valor” who was sent away from his people, only to be summoned back to lead when a hostile kingdom “made war against Israel,” as the Book of Judges puts it. Jephthah went on to achieve a military victory against the enemy and then served as a leader for six years. Which — not to draw any overwrought comparisons — reminds us of the second chance being sought by Andrew Cuomo.
The story of Jephthah came to mind as we were preparing this editorial urging a vote for the former governor, Mr. Cuomo, as the 111th mayor of New York. In one of Mr. Cuomo’s strongest credentials, he was rejected by his own party in favor of a socialist opponent of Zionism, Zohran Mamdani. Mr. Cuomo proceeded to run as an independent. He is polling behind Mr. Mamdani but well ahead of the Republican, Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels.
Our editors had an encouraging hour-long interview last week with Mr. Cuomo, who is now an independent who is unobligated to the anti-Zionist wing of the Democratic Party. In the latest polls, the 67-year-old son of Mario Cuomo — now gone, alas — is more likely than Mr. Sliwa to defeat Mr. Mamdani. Mr. Sliwa may be a Republican, but he has failed to advance in the polls to a contending position.
Mr. Mamdani’s agenda makes class war-inflected promises to “tax the rich” to aid what columnist Michael Barone calls the city’s “Barista proletariat.” His envisioned rent freeze would upend the city’s housing market, while his lax policies on crime would foment social disorder and ruin New Yorkers’ quality of life. His hostility to Israel and vow to arrest its duly-elected premier would poison relations with a key American ally.
Read the rest here.
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