Cuomo says Trump will deploy National Guard, slash NYC funds if Mamdani wins mayor’s race
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned voters in Manhattan's Washington Heights on Monday that President Donald Trump will send the National Guard to New York City if democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani...
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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned voters in Manhattan's Washington Heights on Monday that President Donald Trump will send the National Guard to New York City if democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor on Tuesday night. Trump's name is not on the ballot this Election Day, but the native New Yorker is looming large over New York City's mayoral race as the leading candidates seek to prove they are best positioned to reject his sweeping, second-term agenda, which has included deploying the National Guard to a handful of U.S. cities. "We need to be able to stand up to Donald Trump and fight for New York," Cuomo said Monday. "We know he'll send the National Guard to New York" if Mamdani wins. The former governor said New Yorkers "cannot let that happen." Trump told CBS' Norah O'Donnell on "60 Minutes" Sunday that if Mamdani wins, it is "going to be hard for me, as the president, to give a lot of money to New York." MAMDANI VOWS TO DEFY TRUMP IN FIERY FINAL MARCH FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO CITY HALL AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY "Because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there," Trump added. On the heels of Trump's comments, Cuomo said Monday that he "can stand up to Trump," and the city needs a mayor "who can get the funding that New York deserves, who can make sure the National Guard does not come to New York, because we don't need the National Guard." CUOMO PICKS UP ENDORSEMENTS, RISES IN POLLS AS COMEBACK CAMPAIGN NEARS FINISH LINE Cuomo said voters are telling him they "want a mayor who can actually make change and get something done, a mayor with experience and ability." "They don't need a mayor whose first job is mayor of the City of New York," he said, reiterating his claim that Mamdani, who is a second-term assemblyman, doesn't have the experience necessary to lead the nation's largest city. "I did it once, I'll do it again," Cuomo said Monday, referencing his tenure as governor during Trump's first te…