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Andrew M. Cuomo was backed on Wednesday by former Gov. David Paterson, a former rival who is now an ally in Mr. Cuomo’s bid to become mayor of New York City.
June 11, 2025, 6:02 p.m. ET
A day after former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo landed the coveted endorsement of Michael R. Bloomberg in his bid to become mayor of New York City, Mr. Cuomo was backed by two more name-brand politicians on Wednesday.
The latest endorsements came from former Gov. David Paterson and Keith L.T. Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic Party. Four years ago, both men had backed the current mayor, Eric Adams, who is now running as an independent.
“We were with him when he ran,” Mr. Paterson said. “We thought he was doing a good job until he had these problems,” referring to Mr. Adams’s federal corruption indictment that was dropped earlier this year by the Trump administration.
Mr. Paterson suggested that Mr. Adams seemed beholden to President Trump in a way that was incompatible with how a Democratic mayor of New York City should act. “Some of the statements,” Mr. Paterson said, “have been far more supportive than I think the president deserves.”
With early voting for the Democratic primary for mayor set to begin on Saturday and the final debate of the primary set for Thursday, the two front-runners, Mr. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, have been engaged in a battle to secure influential endorsements.
Mr. Cuomo on Wednesday also picked up the backing of the Satmars, a large Orthodox Jewish group in Brooklyn and part of an important voting bloc. A day earlier, he was backed by Mr. Bloomberg, who rarely wades into New York City primary squabbles.
