Politico: Cuomo More Likely To Run For NYC Mayor

Politico reports:

The indictment of Mayor Eric Adams is emboldening former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to jump into the crowded race for New York City mayor.

The Democrat’s calculus has shifted amid Adams’ deepening legal troubles, which crescendoed with the unsealing of a five-count criminal indictment that alleged the mayor received favors and campaign contributions from the Turkish government in exchange for official actions.

His political team has laid the groundwork by trying to give Cuomo an aura of inevitability, positing he would be a sure winner in a 90-day, nonpartisan special election if Adams were to leave office — though the competition would actually be stiff, and Cuomo has to contend with baggage of his own.

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