前纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)是纽约市市长的独立候选人，他在接受美国广播公司新闻直播节目(ABC News Live Prime)主持人林西·戴维斯(Linsey Davis)的广泛采访时，称他的对手和民主党候选人佐兰·马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)“非常具有分裂性”，并表示他不理解“纽约的方式”就在选举日的前几天.
在采访中，Davis问Cuomo关于他最近在福克斯新闻频道采访中的评论，他提到Mamdani是美国和乌干达的双重公民，并说Mamdani不理解“纽约文化，纽约价值观”
科莫回应说:“你可以是纽约人，不了解纽约人，对吗?在这次竞选中，他一直在制造分裂。他说了一些极具煽动性的话。这不是纽约的方式。因为你拥有我们(在纽约)所拥有的多样性，所以作为领导人，你必须非常小心，不要煽动分裂。”
美国广播公司新闻部联系了马姆达尼的竞选团队，请他们对科莫的说法发表评论。
马姆达尼强调要得到来自不同背景的纽约人的支持，周一告诉戴维斯他“希望为每一个以这座城市为家的人服务。”
科莫提到了马姆达尼之前的一些言论，包括称纽约市警察局为“种族主义者”和“邪恶的”马姆达尼已经为这些言论道歉，并表示这些言论并不代表他目前的观点。
后来在美国广播公司的采访中，谈到他作为州长的经历以及他如何为纽约人做贡献，科莫说他竞选市长是因为他认为“这个城市陷入了困境。我想它真的有麻烦了。我认为全美国的城市都有麻烦了。”
这位前州长提到了他在比尔·克林顿总统时期担任住房和城市发展部长的时候，他说他正在目睹别人所说的“城市死亡螺旋”。所以我很担心纽约市，我知道我知道如何让政府运转起来，并真正做出改变。”
科莫最近面临着来自马姆达尼的伊斯兰恐惧症的指控他似乎同意了和一个电台主持人一起，玛姆达尼会欢呼“又一个9/11”科莫后来说，他认为主持人是在开玩笑，主持人的言论是冒犯性的，但马姆达尼是在制造分裂，并错误地指控伊斯兰恐惧症。
戴维斯问他会对被这一评论冒犯的穆斯林纽约人说些什么，谁把他对电台主持人的反应描述为恐伊斯兰症。
“穆斯林社区没有这么说。我刚刚得到了穆斯林社区主要领导人的支持，”科莫回应道。
“我刚才说的是，他没有经验，对吗...当市长是一项复杂的工作。它有30万名员工，1150亿美元的预算，在这种情况下，任何一天，你都可以应对任何未知的危机，”科莫说。
在提到恐怖袭击、流行病和自然灾害等危机的可能性时，科莫补充道，“那个人必须做好准备。没有在职培训。所以，是的，我相信，(马姆达尼)对于纽约市长来说是危险的缺乏经验。”
期间第一次市长大选辩论马姆达尼回应了科莫对他的经历的攻击，他说，“我在经历中没有的，我用正直来弥补，而你在正直中没有的，你永远无法用经历来弥补。”
科莫在2021年因性骚扰指控辞去州长职务后，试图重返政治舞台，他对此予以否认。
在本月早些时候的第二次市长辩论中，马姆达尼提到了指控科莫性骚扰的女性。
戴维斯提起那一时刻，问科莫是否所有提出指控的女性都在撒谎。
“嗯，我们知道那里的事实，对吗?有人写了一份报告。我说这是政治。我说这是出于政治原因，没有事实或法律依据。这是我的声明，”科莫回应道在接受戴维斯采访时，他补充说，针对他的案件已经撤销，是“政治性的”。
他后来在接受美国广播公司采访时补充说，“撒谎是一个严厉的词。但是有骚扰吗?不，这就是为什么我想上法庭的原因，”他说。“我希望人们听到事实...坦率地说，我从来没有机会让人们真正听到事实，但他们知道这些案件被撤销了，那里没有那里。”
之后，科莫以独立候选人的身份参加了“战斗和交付”的投票在六月的民主党初选中落败敬玛姆达尼。但他强调，他仍然认同民主党，他告诉戴维斯，民主党正在处理左翼和温和派民主党之间的分裂。
“他们有一个更激进的议程，我不认为这是一个可行的激进议程，”科莫说。“我知道这对纽约市不起作用，我也不认为这对民主党大体上起作用。”
“我相信这是一场决定纽约未来的选举。我认为这决定了民主党的未来，”科莫在谈到周二的市长选举时说。
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo calls opponent Mamdani divisive: 'You can be a New Yorker and not understand New Yorkers'
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, independent candidate for mayor of New York City, called his opponent and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani "very divisive" and said he doesn't understand the "New York way," during a wide-ranging interview with "ABC News Live Prime" anchor Linsey Davisjust days before Election Day.
During the interview, Davis asked Cuomo about comments he made during a recent Fox News interview, in which he mentioned Mamdani was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Uganda, and said that Mamdani doesn't understand "the New York culture, the New York values."
Cuomo said in response: "You can be a New Yorker and not understand New Yorkers, right? He has been very divisive through this campaign. He has said things that are highly inflammatory. And that's not the New York way. Because you have the diversity that we have [in New York], you have to be very careful as a leader, not to inflame division."
ABC News has reached out to Mamdani's campaign for comment on Cuomo's claim.
Mamdani, who has emphasized receiving support from a wide swath of New Yorkers from many backgrounds,told Davis on Mondaythat he is "looking to serve everyone who calls the city home."
Cuomo brought up some previous statements of Mamdani's, including calling the New York City Police Department "racist" and "wicked." Mamdani has since apologized for those remarks and said they do not represent his current views.
Later during the ABC interview, speaking about his experience as governor and how he'd deliver for New Yorkers, Cuomo said he's running for mayor because he thinks "the city is in trouble. I think it's in real trouble; I think cities across America are in trouble."
Bringing up his time as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton, the former governor said he is seeing what others call "the urban death spiral. So I'm worried about New York City, and I know that I know how to make government work and actually make change."
Cuomo has faced recent accusations of Islamophobia from Mamdani afterhe appeared to agreewith a radio host that Mamdani would cheer "another 9/11." Cuomo later said he thought the host was joking and that the host's remark was offensive, but that Mamdani was being divisive and falsely alleging Islamophobia.
Davis asked him what he would say to Muslim New Yorkers offended by the comment and who described his reaction to the radio host as Islamophobic.
"The Muslim community didn't say that. I was just endorsed by major leaders of the Muslim community," Cuomo responded.
"What I was saying is, he is inexperienced, right ... Being mayor is a complicated job. It's 300,000 employees, it's [a] $115 billion budget, and it is a situation where on any given day, you can deal with any unknown crisis," Cuomo said.
Bringing up the possibilities of crises such as terror attacks, pandemics and natural disasters, Cuomo added, "that person has to be ready. There is no on-the-job training. So yes, [Mamdani is] dangerously inexperienced for mayor of New York, I believe it."
During thefirst mayoral general election debate, Mamdani responded to Cuomo's attacks on his experience, saying, "What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity, and what you don't have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience."
Cuomo is attempting a political comeback after resigning as governor in 2021 following sexual harassment allegations, which he has denied.
At the second mayoral debate earlier this month, Mamdani referenced the women who have accused Cuomo of harassment.
Davis, bringing up that moment, asked Cuomo if all of the women who made the accusations were lying.
"Well, we know the facts there, right? There was a report done. I said it was political. I said it was done for political reasons and that there was no fact or merit to it. That was my statement," Cuomo respondedduring his interview with Davis, adding that the cases against him were dropped and were "political".
He added later during the ABC interview, "Lying is a harsh word. But was there any harassment? No, and that's why I wanted my days in court," he said. "I wanted people to hear the facts ... I never had the opportunity, frankly, for people to actually hear the facts, but they know the cases were dropped, and there was no there, there."
Cuomo is running as an independent on the "Fight and Deliver" ballot line afterlosing the Democratic primary in Juneto Mamdani. But he has emphasized that he still identifies with the Democratic Party -- which, he told Davis, is dealing with a schism between left-wing and moderate Democrats.
"They have a more radical agenda, and I don't think it's a radical agenda that works," Cuomo said. "I know it doesn't work for New York City, and I don't think it works for the Democratic Party by and large."
"I believe it's an election that determines the future of New York City. I think it determines the future of the Democratic Party," Cuomo said of Tuesday's mayoral election.
