I have fought for New York my entire adult life. Together we have survived triumph and tragedy, boom and bust, from the AIDS crisis to September 11, from Hurricane Sandy to COVID-19. I know her people, her spirit and her potential better than anyone. And I know this much: The New York we love – the city of safety, opportunity and promise – is at stake.
Early voting is taking place. I’m running for mayor of the greatest city in the world, and I ask you to join me in keeping it that way.
Let’s be honest. I haven’t always been perfect. I’ve made mistakes and I’ve had my share of blows. But for decades, my track record has been one of results: real, measurable progress for real people. I worked across the aisle, cutting taxes for working families and holding the line on state spending, proving that fiscal responsibility and progressive values can coexist.
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I built what others said couldn’t be built: the new LaGuardia Airport, the Kosciuszko Bridge, the Second Avenue Subway, and the Moynihan Train Hall. I led the effort to bring Amazon jobs to New York before political grandstanding drove them away. And when the crisis hit, I led with steadfastness and science, not with slogans.
That’s the leadership New York needs again.
These elections are not about left versus right. It’s about common sense versus chaos, competence versus ideology. What matters is whether we restore a city that works, or surrender it to extremism and decay.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, and independent candidate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, right, pose during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani represents a dangerous new political direction, one that mistakes protest for progress and theatrics for leadership. His vision is not a plan for the future of New York; it is an existential threat to it. He is being called to dismantle the police, decriminalize prostitution and close Rikers Island without any real plan for the 7,000 people who live there. He thinks capitalism is the problem, attacks our law enforcement, and mocks the very institutions that keep this city safe and functioning.
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We have seen what happens when City Hall descends into fantasy and ideology. It happened under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who turned a city that was once the envy of the world into a city drowning in crime, homelessness and dysfunction. Mamdani would be de Blasio on steroids – more reckless, more radical and more disconnected from the daily realities of working New Yorkers.
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa participate in the second New York City mayoral debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, on October 22, 2025. (Hiroko Masuike/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
He’s 34 years old, has never managed a budget, run a business, supervised the workforce or had a real job. His policies read like bumper stickers from a college protest. And if we hand him the keys to City Hall, New Yorkers will pay the price – in jobs, safety and the character of our neighborhoods.
My campaign, by contrast, is built on a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and independents, united by a simple belief: New York can work again. We can make this the safest, fairest, and most affordable big city in America.
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I will hire an additional 5,000 NYPD officers to bring the force back to full strength, restore precision policing, and restore community trust. We will expand youth job opportunities and mentoring programs so that children see a future behind the corner, and we will target illegal weapons and repeat violent offenders with zero tolerance. Every New Yorker – black, brown, white, immigrant, native – has the right to walk the streets without fear.
Independent candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo participates in the second New York City mayoral debate with Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, New York, on October 22, 2025. (Photo by HIROKO MASUIKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
I will double the number of specialized high schools, expand gifted and talented programs so that excellence is not limited by zip code, and increase the number of charter schools proven to deliver for our most vulnerable students. We will empower parents, reward great teachers, and ensure that every child—whether in public school, charter school, or parochial school—has access to opportunity and responsibility.
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I will reduce the red tape that drives businesses and families out of New York City. We will accelerate the construction of affordable housing by eliminating the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s backlog and expanding the city’s capital grant pool so that working families can actually afford to stay. I will eliminate tip and overtime taxes and limit property taxes for homeowners. And we will make New York competitive again for employers large and small – because a job is the best social program ever invented.
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Curtis Sliwa is a fighter, and I respect that. But let’s be honest: this is a two-person race. Curtis can’t win. Every vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani. And a vote for Mamdani is a vote for policies that would dismantle the progress we’ve made and jeopardize the city’s future.
You may not agree with me on all counts, but you will always know what I stand for – and you will always know that I will stand for New York. I don’t talk about results. I deliver them.
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This Tuesday, November 4, the choice is clear: a city that works for everyone, or a city that doesn’t work at all.
I’m Andrew Cuomo. I ask for your vote. Together we can fight again and deliver results for New York.
