Politico reports that at a Hamptons fundraiser last Saturday, Cuomo told his well-heeled supporters that, contrary to all available evidence, he could win the New York mayoral race as an independent—because he was likely to have the implicit support of President Donald Trump.

The imperative of defeating Mamdani justified the new coalition Cuomo is trying to create of his die-hard loyalists (who are Democrats) with Trump Republicans.

Some of that latter group might be tempted to back Curtis Sliwa, the actual GOP nominee in the race. Cuomo told these donors, “We can minimize [the Sliwa] vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate. And Trump himself, as well as top Republicans, will say the goal is to stop Mamdani. And you’ll be wasting your vote on Sliwa.” Cuomo went on to emphasize that he’d be a mayor who could find common ground with Trump:

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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

TBF if I were homeless I could live in cali, I would be left to die in most other states.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    would be left to die in most other states.

    Yeah you sure about that? Gavin been on a crusade to do exactly that in California.

    https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-releases/aclu-report-californias-war-unhoused-people

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That article says like 28 times that these actions are by communities and innercity municipalities yet somehow your reaction is "tHe GuVneR DeeD THIs"

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Because he's continuously attacking them...

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/californias-homeless-crisis-newsoms-political-albatross-rcna206849

    And directing the communities to do exactly that.

    https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/23/governor-newsom-announces-local-progress-in-reducing-homelessness/

    And he fucking ran on getting rid of the homeless

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/newsom-urges-california-cities-and-counties-to-ban-homeless-encampments

    Newsom, a former mayor of San Francisco, made tackling homelessness a priority of his administration when he took office in 2019 and since then, Democratic leaders in the state have also moved toward cracking down on encampments.

    And surprise surprise, he escalated after courts said it was okay to do.

    His declaration comes a year after the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for officials to ban homeless people from camping outside. It was a ruling welcomed by many Democratic leaders, including Newsom, despite pushback from advocates for homeless people who objected to the decision by the conservative court as cruel.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The only Legislation Newsom has signed involving homelessness is expanding the number of shelter beds available.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He ran on getting rid of them and does the trump thing of just suggesting they do the dirty work for him.

    Gov. Gavin Newsom told California cities this week that there “were no more excuses” for homeless encampments, a message he has repeated often over the years with little success.

    who will rid me of these terrible homeless people, I will surely do more if no one rids me of them

    But since he's a dem you're perfectly fine with anything awful he does or campaigns on

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