Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of the Big Apple.
The Democrat, 67, made the announcement on Saturday in a 17-minute video to his YouTube and social media channels.
The news comes just years after he resigned from office in 2021 after facing a slew of sexual harassment allegations, all of which he’s denied.
Cuomo, the brother of NewsNation journalist, Chris Cuomo, told viewers that ‘New York City is the greatest city in the world,’ but ‘it is in trouble.’
‘The city just feel threatening, out of control. These conditions exist not as an act of God, but rather as an act of our political leaders,’ he said.
‘Or more precisely, the lack of intelligent action by many of our political leaders,’ he said, referring to the Big Apple’s current Mayor Eric Adams.
Allies of Cuomo’s campaign filed paperwork on Wednesday with the New York Board of Elections to create a political action committee called ‘Fix the City,’ USA Today reported.
The group plans to raise $15 million
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