Cuomo Sweeps Both Mayoral Debates, Proving He’s the Candidate with Experience to Become Next Mayor
Governor Andrew Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, emerged as the clear winner in the second New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate. Cuomo demonstrated the poise, experience, and vision that New Yorkers remember and trust. The debate was held at John Jay College, co-hosted by NY1/WNYC.
During the debate, Cuomo outlined his plans to safeguard New Yorkers against President Trump, make the city safer and more affordable, and pledged to expand infrastructure projects throughout all five boroughs, and highlighted his long-standing record of raising wages and delivering for New Yorkers.
Statement from Bill Mulrow, Cuomo for NYC Campaign Chairman:
"What you saw tonight was the leader New Yorkers know they can count on—decisive, experienced, and unshaken in the face of challenge. Time and again, Andrew Cuomo has shown what real leadership looks like: steady hands, clear vision, and a results-driven approach rooted in real-world experience. Tonight proved one thing beyond doubt—true leadership isn’t about noise, it’s about getting things done and there was one candidate tonight who communicated to the voters that they can do it and that was Andrew Cuomo."
Governor Cuomo brings decades of executive leadership and hands-on government experience to the race for Mayor. Throughout his career in public service, Cuomo has been a champion for working New Yorkers—raising wages for millions, expanding access to healthcare, and protecting the right to organize when the Supreme Court sought to weaken the labor movement. As U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton, he tackled national housing challenges head-on. As Governor, he enacted the nation’s strongest paid family leave program and significantly expanded apprenticeships, vocational training, and workforce development initiatives. Cuomo also advanced the most ambitious infrastructure program in a generation, delivering transformational projects like the Second Avenue Subway, Moynihan Train Hall, the new Kosciuszko Bridge, and the overhauls of JFK and LaGuardia Airports—all built with union labor. His leadership helped usher in a higher minimum wage, historic clean energy laws, and more affordable housing than any governor in state history. When New York faces big problems, Cuomo delivers big results.
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