“I’d go half-and-half,” Cuomo said, trying to appeal to both sides. Laughter erupted inside the room as Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, the republican nominee in the debate, both threw their hands up.

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral election, a spokesperson said Thursday, throwing his weight behind a bitter rival he recently called a “snake and a liar” as the former governor tries to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.

The endorsement is a stark change for Mayor Eric Adams. Just over a month ago, he called former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a “liar and a snake.”

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.

New York City mayoral candidate and former Governor Andrew Cuomo ripped a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the city on Tuesday while assailing the Trump administration, calling the act an "abuse of federal power."