All posts tagged "Andrew Cuomo"

Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old self-professed socialist who recently became New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate, is getting support from a powerful ally in the U.S. Senate.

Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary earlier this week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) defended his fellow New Yorker against what he called "disgusting" attacks by Republicans.

Schumer was referring to a letter sent by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to open an investigation into whether Mamdani should be stripped of his U.S. citizenship....

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leveled CNBC's Joe Kernen on Thursday for fear-mongering over the professed socialist who won the Democratic primary for New York City's mayoral race.

In a shocking outcome this week, 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to clinch the Democratic nomination.

"He's a socialist, he's a self-avowed socialist," Kernen began. "Do you think socialism is the correct path to do what you just said you want to do for working Americans? I mean, that's what he is."...

New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been charged with assaulting or impeding a federal officer, according to Fox News Digital.

Lander was arrested by ICE agents on Tuesday outside an immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza.

amNewYork reported, "Lander’s arrest, which amNewYork observed, occurred as the comptroller and his staff walked arm-in-arm with an immigrant whom federal agents — representing ICE, the FBI and the Treasury Department, each of whom were wearing masks to conceal their faces — moved to seize after a court hearing. Moments earlier, the immigrant had their case dismissed pending appeal."...

Andrew Cuomo’s former executive assistant filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the former New York governor this week, court records show

Brittany Commisso — who for years has spoken publicly about her allegations against Cuomo — filed a civil lawsuit in Albany Wednesday, just before the state’s Adult Sex Abuse Act was set to expire, according to court documents and reports.

Commisso’s lawsuit arrives as Cuomo reportedly weighs a mayoral run in New York City and current Mayor Eric Adams faces a sexual harassment lawsuit of his own, also filed Wednesday. ...

Fox News host Sean Hannity said on Tuesday that he is leaving his native New York state because he is so offended and hurt by statements by New York's Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Conservative newspaper The Washington Times reported that Hannity made the announcement on his radio show.

Anthony Weiner, running for New York mayor two years after he became notorious for sending women sexually explicit photos, raced to fix his campaign website Friday after another pictorial faux-pas.