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According to the reports, the representative Ritchie Torres, Dn.y., backed Andrew Cuomo to run for mayor of New York City in the last blow to the first Democratic term, the mayor, mayor, mayor Eric Adams.
“The two most important things we need are competition and courage,” said Torres, who represents Bronx, the New York Post.
“Andrew Cuomo It has the competition to govern the city. He has the courage to face extremist politics, both from the left and from the right end, “Torres said, he added:” We do not need a pleasant man. We need a Mr. Tough Guy. “
Cuomo has not formally declared his candidacy for the mayor, but it is rumored to announce soon.
“It has my support as soon as you enter the race,” Torres told the post.
Cuomo responds after former New York official asks for a New York Mayor
The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, listens to journalists’ questions during a press conference at the 40th New York Police enclosure on February 20, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The former governor resigned in 2021 amid scandals connected to the deaths of Covid-19 elderly and Sexual harassment claims. Cuomo has always denied the accusations against him.
“I predict that the return story of the 2025 elections will be the resurrection of Andrew Cuomo,” Torres told The Post. “America loves a return, New York loves a return.”
Fox News Digital contacted the Torres office to comment on Monday, but did not receive an immediate response.
The former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, arrives to testify before the select subcommittee of Coronavirus pandemic in the United States Capitol on September 10, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Last week, Cuomo spread a letter from former state controller Carl McCall, a prominent Democratic and old black statesman, supporting him for the mayor.
McCall supported Adams, who is the second black mayor of New York City, in his 2021 campaign for the office.
Mayor Eric Adams says that the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in New York will soon close
Adams already faces multiple challengers in the June Democratic primaries, but Cuomo is surveying as the leader.
A federal judge on Friday canceled a corruption test For Adams and the lawyer appointed to advise the Court on the controversial request from the justice department of President Donald Trump to withdraw charges against the mayor presented under the Biden administration. Adams has denied the accusations of an agreement of Quid Pro quo with the Trump administration, since the Democratic Mayor cooperates with the Federal Police on the repression of illegal criminal immigration of the president.
Representative Ritchie Torres, DN.Y., supported Andrew Cuomo on Eric Adams for the mayor. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
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The written order of Judge E. Ho on Friday means that it will not decide before mid -March if it will grant the dismissal of the case against the mayor in conflict of the largest city in the nation.
HO said he appointed Paul Clement, a former attorney general of the United States under former President George W. Bush, to present arguments about the government’s request to leave the case.
