Andrew Cuomo<\/strong><\/a> for mayor? Of New York City?<\/p>\nYes, that sounds implausible, not least because the job is currently occupied. But Eric Adams<\/strong> is suddenly contending with an FBI investigation that has quickly escalated in seriousness. First, the home of the mayor\u2019s chief campaign fundraiser was searched. Then, agents approached the mayor himself on a Manhattan street, seizing two cell phones and an iPad, which the FBI later returned. Adams and the campaign fundraiser have not been charged with anything, and the mayor has said repeatedly that he has done nothing wrong and is cooperating with any law enforcement inquiries.<\/p>\nNone of this has stopped the speculation game from whirring into full speed: If Adams departs, who\u2019s next in line to be mayor? Most of the names circulating have low profiles with the city\u2019s voting public: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams,<\/strong> Comptroller Brad Lander,<\/strong> and State Senator Jessica Ramos.<\/strong> But lurking and watching is Cuomo, the former governor who resigned in August 2021 under the very dark cloud of a report from the state attorney general, Letitia James,<\/strong> that she said corroborated sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo by 11 women, with accusations ranging from his having groped one aide to his having initiated creepy conversations about dating habits with another. Cuomo denied those allegations at the time and has been aggressively trying to refute them ever since.<\/p>\nHe has also been calculating a comeback. Last year he reportedly considered challenging his successor, Kathy Hochul,<\/strong> in the governor\u2019s race. Now sources in Cuomo\u2019s orbit say members of the city\u2019s real estate and labor union classes are urging Cuomo to mount a run for City Hall if Adams is pushed out by legal troubles. Cuomo isn\u2019t saying yes. But he isn\u2019t saying no, either. The way everyone describes Cuomo\u2019s reaction: He\u2019s listening.<\/em><\/p>\nPublicly, he\u2019s been throwing cold water on the idea. Sort of. \u201cI don\u2019t deal in hypotheticals,\u201d Cuomo said Tuesday when asked about a possible run during a glitchy remote interview on Good Day New York.<\/em> \u201cMayor Adams is going to be the mayor\u2026. I think we should stand behind the mayor unless they give us a reason to say otherwise.\u201d His spokesman, Rich Azzopardi,<\/strong> tells me, \u201cThe future is the future and he gets these questions often, which I think are fueled by the fact that many people are facing a crisis in confidence in government at many levels and now view the circumstances in which he left office as the political railroading it was.\u201d<\/p>\nJust in case the future arrives sooner rather than later, Cuomo\u2019s allies are already honing a rationale for a run: that the former governor\u2019s obsession with control and details is even better suited for managing a sprawling city government than it was for navigating Albany. That his name recognition, experience, and $7 million in leftover campaign funds (as of July) would make Cuomo the instant front-runner. And they believe that the biggest selling point, at least to a segment of the city\u2019s business establishment, would be that Cuomo, who is currently registered to vote in Westchester County, would save the city from being governed by a radical lefty\u2014though no business leaders were willing to say any of that on the record. One major developer, Larry Silverstein,<\/strong> whose company owns multiple World Trade Center buildings, among other properties, says he has not spoken with Cuomo since the resignation and that he \u201cdefinitely did not suggest to anyone that [Cuomo] might be a good mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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