Cuomo Sees Two-Person Mayor’s Race as Business Leaders Hear Plan

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shrugged off concern over a crowded race for New York City mayor, saying there are only two viable candidates in the four-person field.

“This is going to come down to a two-person race,” Cuomo, who is running on an independent ballot line, told reporters. “I don’t think people are going to waste their vote,” he said. “People see who’s viable and who’s not.”

The comments came after Cuomo, who is polling in second place behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, met earlier Tuesday with business leaders at the Seagram Building in Manhattan. There, Cuomo ...