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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told New York City executives that donating to Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election campaign could be a “suicide mission,” one attendee said.
Aug. 6, 2025, 5:29 p.m. ET
As former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo tries to make a political comeback in the New York City mayor’s race, he met with business leaders on Wednesday in a move to secure their support.
Mr. Cuomo lost the Democratic primary in June to Zohran Mamdani, a state lawmaker and democratic socialist who ran on an affordability message.
Now Mr. Cuomo must prove that he is the strongest candidate to take on Mr. Mamdani in the general election in November by pushing aside Mayor Eric Adams, who, like him, is running as an independent.
At the meeting on Wednesday morning at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, Cuomo sought to make a case for his path to victory, according to five people who attended.
Many in the group were alarmed by Mr. Mamdani’s momentum but unsure about whether there was a clear path to beating him, given his strong performance in the June primary. They were also worried about the prospect that Mr. Adams and Mr. Cuomo might split the votes of those who oppose Mr. Mamdani.
Mr. Cuomo candidly addressed his primary loss right off the bat, three attendees said, acknowledging that he had not given that campaign his all. He argued that he was embracing new strategies and noted that he had been campaigning throughout the city more than before.
