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Some New York City voters have expressed gratitude that Andrew Cuomo determined to run as an unbiased in town’s November mayoral election.

After dropping the Democratic major in June by 13 factors to the now-34-year-old democratic socialist and assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the previous New York state governor determined to re-enter the race as an unbiased, offering a reasonable various to the Democratic nominee. Mamdani has maintained a two-digit lead over his opponents for more than a month as election day looms on Tuesday, Nov. 4, with your complete nation and world on edge to see if Mamdani secures the historic win.

Cuomo has painted himself as an skilled reasonable Democrat, while smearing Mamdani as an inexperienced anti-semite in whats been deemed a cynical strategy to win over Jewish voters, a key Democratic demographic in the Big Apple.

Both Cuomo, 67, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, 71, have slammed Mamdani for his lack of expertise, while accusing him of anti-semitism over the Muslim’s longstanding help for Palestine.

While Cuomo’s critics imagine his long historical past in politics, as properly as the a number of inappropriate assault allegations he faces, is proof of his incapability to lead town; some of his supporters told the Daily Express US that they really feel comforted by his intensive time in workplace, and said they’ll overlook his past “mistakes” because they imagine he’s the best option on the poll.

Some New York voters specific confidence in Cuomo’s earlier expertise

Upper East Side resident Khatuna Babutsidze, 57, told the Daily Express US that she is “definitely” voting for Cuomo because she likes that he’s skilled. Cuomo served as New York‘s governor for a decade, beginning in 2011, finally resigning in 2021 over the COVID-19 nursing home scandal.

“He’s been here before. I’m really happy with him,” the healthcare worker who immigrated to New York from Georgia in 1986 said. “He does a lot of things for people in New York City.”

Similarly, Flushing resident and upkeep employee Rafael Soto told the Daily Express US after weighing between Mamdani and Cuomo that he finally selected Cuomo for his expertise, despite the a number of accusations of inappropriate harassment against him. Cuomo has vehemently denied the claims.

Some New York voters say they ‘forgive’ Cuomo for his past transgressions

“I know him from the past. I know he made a mistake. I still believe he’s going to do good for the city,” the lifelong New Yorker and father of two told the Daily Express US. “Everybody makes mistakes. I’m going to forgive him on that one.”

“His policies are good, too,” Soto said of Cuomo. “I was going to vote for the other guy, Mamdani, but I’m hearing a lot of bad things about him—that he’s going to turn New York into a mess. That’s what I’m scared of with that guy.” He did not specify what exactly he fears about Mamdani’s campaign.

Some New York voters say Mamdani is ‘too far left’ and accuse him of antisemitism 

Upper East Side resident Dean Schuckman told the Daily Express US that he is voting for Cuomo because he would prefer a more moderate and less controversial candidate.

“Mamdani is far too left for me,” the retired CPA and NYC native told the Daily Express US. “There’s no need for him to bring up, create, such anti-semitism, hatred, divisiveness, during the election.”

Similarly, UES resident Judy, a real estate agent and mom of two, said she went with Cuomo out of a grim course of of elimination.

“I voted for Cuomo—he’s better than the alternatives,” the lifelong New Yorker told the Daily Express US. “They all stink and at least he’s not anti-semitic,” referring to Mamdani.

While some New Yorkers believe Mamdani is anti-semitic because of his longstanding support for Palestine, many Jewish New Yorkers—including Comptroller Brad Lander, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the city’s government—fiercely reject the notion.

Mamdani, a Muslim of Indian descent born in Uganda, has also faced Islamophobic attacks throughout the election, leading GOP congressman Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) to call on the Justice Department to investigate his citizenship status in threats similarly faced by former Democratic President Barack Obama.

Several Jewish New York voters told the Daily Express US that they are voting for Mamdani.

“I voted for Zohran because as a Jewish New Yorker, I feel seen and represented in his commitment to safety for all New Yorkers — Jews, Muslims and everyone else together,” 35-year-old Bushwick resident, Charlotte Crane, told the Daily Express US. “And, I think his message of affordability speaks to me as a young professional, and he gives me hope in a dark time.”

Similarly, 50-something lifelong Brooklynite Tresa Elguera told the Daily Express US at Mamdani’s “New York is Not for Sale” late October rally in Forest Hills, that she is furious about the weaponization of Jewish identity in the mayoral election.

“I think Zohran understands, and we fully believe, that nobody is safe unless everybody is safe,” Elguera told the Daily Express US. “Jews are being used as a pawn to divide a liberation movement that would stand for everybody and make things affordable for everyone, and I’m opposed to having my people being used to divide everybody.”

A latest Quinnipiac ballot discovered that Cuomo is dominating favorability among doubtless Jewish voters, polling at 60%, in contrast to 16% for Mamdani and 12% for Sliwa. However, total, Mamdani is main the polls.

The issue of Israel-Palestine—significantly the battle and genocide and in Gaza—got here up repeatedly throughout the mayoral marketing campaign, given that New York hosts the most important Jewish population outdoors of the only real Jewish state of Israel.

Affordability candidate Mamdani was forced to handle his earlier use of the pro-Palestine phrase “globalize the intifada” during the first mayoral debate in October. He said he has distanced himself from that language after studying about the trauma of bus bomb terror assaults in Israel. However, he has remained steadfast in his perception that Israel is an apartheid state committing genocide in Gaza.

Most just lately, he has confronted backlash for a resurfaced post where he famous that the New York Police Department has ties with the Israel Defense Forces, a plain fact with intensive historic documentation. Mamdani has equally tried to distance himself from his earlier help for defunding the police.