Cuomo team denies AOC’s claim he’s using NYC mayor run as a springboard to the White House

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campy rejected claims from "Squad" subordinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that helium is lone seeking the mayorship to amended his chances of being president.

Cuomo – on with struggling incumbent Eric Adams – is viewed arsenic 1 of the moderates successful this year’s crowded ranked-choice contention for the nation’s largest city, and he’s presently starring the field.

Ocasio-Cortez, by contrast, is backing upstart socialist campaigner Zohran Mamdani – presently a authorities assemblyman from Astoria – and trying to forestall the New York Democratic scion from returning to politics.

"I person nary thought wherever the acold near got this silly caller talking point," Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi told Fox News Digital connected Monday.

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Andrew Cuomo, left, Zohran Mamdani, center, Whitney Tilson, right. (Getty)

"But, the politician has said that – decease speech – he’ll beryllium finishing his ain term." 

While Cuomo has said helium plans to beryllium a nationalist fig if elected mayor, helium has not straight expressed intent to win President Donald Trump successful 2028.

Ocasio-Cortez, meanwhile, said astatine a caller Mamdani lawsuit that Cuomo supposedly did marque "clear helium wants to run" for president.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)  (AP Photo)

She besides bemoaned the "gentocracy" – an evident notation to aging politicians, which, arsenic of late, has been much of a diagnostic of the Democratic Party – and said it is "unconscionable" to nonstop the 67-year-old to Gracie Mansion.

Mamdani, who was calved successful Uganda, has made waves connected the acold near with a bold progressive platform. His proposals see "city-owned market stores," establishing a rent freeze, escaped nationalist transit, and a $30 minimum wage. He’s wide seen arsenic a top-tier campaigner alongside Cuomo.

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Andrew Cuomo  (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)

The typically wide New York Times editorial board, however, warned against ranking Mamdani connected the ballot, saying that portion helium is moving a "joyful campaign" with a "fresh governmental benignant which galore radical are bare for during the aggravated epoch of President Trump," the socialist’s docket is "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges."

As of Monday, respective Cuomo challengers cross-endorsed each different – arsenic voters prime a pecking bid of preferred candidates connected a ranked-choice ballot – which drew a literal "yawn" from the governor’s camp.

Former New York State Assemb. Michael Blake, D-Bronx, Comptroller Bradford Lander and Mamdani each did so, hoping their voters would prime the different 2 arsenic ranking candidates.

"Blake is astatine zero percent successful the polls, truthful you tin punctuation maine yawning," Azzopardi said.

The Republican successful the race, Guardian Angels laminitis Curtis Sliwa, is mostly unopposed connected the close flank of the ranked-choice system.