Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack his bags and flee to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani.
“It’s all or nothing. We either win or even I will move to Florida. God forbid!” Cuomo told business leaders and other honchos at a Hamptons breakfast hosted by supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis.
The statement drew laughs — and Cuomo’s campaign later insisted he was joking.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo told business leaders at a Hamptons breakfast Saturday he’ll move south to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani, but his campaign later said he was joking. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
“It was a wow line,” said one attendee. “It got everyone’s attention.”
Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary last month to Mamdani and is running in November’s general election as an independent, repeatedly referred to the 33-year-old socialist