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A former CNN host Saturday came under fire for his response to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's comment about the recent West Virginia shooting.

Mamdani said, "I'm devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief."

That didn't sit well with Christopher C. Cuomo, now a host at NewsNation....

News of President Donald Trump's "audacious" move to manipulate New York City's mayoral race by offering Mayor Eric Adams a White House position and giving former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a path to defeat Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani sparked a slew of responses mocking the trio.

Adams, who was reportedly offered a position with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, declined to abandon his re-election campaign. The current mayor is lagging in polls and trailing in fourth place. Trump hopes that pulling Adams out of the general election could potentially change Mamdani's chances and grant Cuomo a win. Trump is also considering adding Curtis Sliwa, a Republican candidate, to the administration. Sliwa has also declined to drop out of the race.

The Times referred to it as a "potentially audacious intervention."
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Former President Donald Trump killed a critical infrastructure project for New York City because of misgivings he had with then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to an excerpt from a forthcoming book penned by former Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa.

The book, What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis, depicts two massive egos clashing when Cuomo aimed his ire at the embattled president, the Wall Street Journal reported, after reviewing an excerpt.

Cuomo called the Trump administration's handling of the response to the coronavirus pandemic as "dysfunctional and incompetent” during the Democratic National Convention in August 2020. ...

Washington (AFP) - New York governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday he was "truly sorry" if his conduct had ever been "misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation" as he faced mounting pressure over sexual harassment allegations. Cuomo has been harshly criticized, including by fellow Democrats, after former aide Charlotte Bennett told The New York Times that he sexually harassed her last year. The allegations came just four days after ex-aide Lindsey Boylan described unwanted physical contact from Cuomo. He issued a statement saying that "sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think......