Rep. Ritchie Torres, DN.Y., reportedly endorsed Andrew Cuomo to go for mayor of New York City in the last blow to the sitting Democrat First -Fmer, mayor, mayor Eric Adams.
“The two most important things we need are competence and courage,” Torres, who represents the Bronx, told the New York Post.
“Andrew Cuomo Has the competence to rule the city. He has the courage to stand up against extremist politics – both on the far left and far right, “Torres said, adding:” We don’t have Mr. Nice -vent needed. We have a Mr. Tough Guy needed. “
Cuomo did not formally declared his candidacy for mayor, but it is said that he announced soon.
“He has my approval as soon as he enters the race,” Torres told the post.
Cuomo responds after the official ex-new York official calls to be him NYC mayor
Mayor Eric Adams in New York listens to questions from reporters during a press conference on the 40th district of the NYPD on February 20, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty images)
The former governor resigned in 2021 in the midst of scandals that were related to COVID-19 Nursing home deaths and Sexual harassment claims. Cuomo has always denied the allegations against him.
“I predict that the comeback story of the 2025 elections will be the resurrection of Andrew Cuomo,” Torres told the post. “America likes a comeback, New York likes a comeback.”
Fox News Digital reached Torres’s office on Monday for comment, but did not immediately hear again.
Former governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the selected subcommité on the Coronavirus Pandemie in the US Capitol on 10 September 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty images)
Last week, Cuomo distributed a letter from the former state -computer Carl McCall, a prominent democrat and black older statesman, who supported him for mayor.
McCall endorsed Adams, the second black mayor of New York City, in his 2021 campaign for the office.
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Adams already faces several challengers in the Democratic Primary of June, but Cuomo is polling as a leader.
A federal judge on Friday canceled a corruption process For Adams and appointed counselor to advise the court on the controversial request of President Donald Trump to have the indictment against the mayor submitted under the Biden administration. Adams has denied accusations of a Quid Pro Quo agreement with the Trump governance, while the democratic mayor cooperates with federal law enforcement on the criminal illegal immigration of the president.
Rep. Ritchie Torres, DN.Y., Andrew Cuomo supported Eric Adams for mayor. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty images)
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Judge Dale E. Ho’s written order Friday means that he will not decide before mid -March whether he should admit the dismissal of the case against the controversial mayor of the largest city of the nation.
Ho said he has appointed Paul Clement, a former American lawyer general among former President George W. Bush, to present arguments to the government’s request to drop the case.
