Nobody likes a sore loser – but Cuomo declines to bow out gracefully

Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the defeated candidate found it hard to praise the victorZohran Mamdani elected mayor of New YorkAt least Andrew Cuomo’s last act...

By Adam Gabbatt in New York · The Guardian World

Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the defeated candidate found it hard to praise the victor Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York At least Andrew Cuomo’s last act in politics came at a fancy venue. While Cuomo held his election night party at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, which describes itself in its own words as a “luxury event venue built on Broadway’s golden era”, it didn’t feel like a golden era on Tuesday, when Cuomo didn’t so much bow out of the race as aggressively rut and posture and snort his way out of it. Continue reading...