When Andrew Cuomo appeared before a thinning crowd of supporters Tuesday night to concede the New York City mayoral race, the moment crystallized what months of polling had already suggested: that New York had moved on from the Cuomo era.

Andrew Cuomo resigned from the New York governor’s office in 2021 after facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, which he has denied. The state attorney general [in a report that year](

The president backed Cuomo, who is running as an independent against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, instead of Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Trump has thrown his support behind Cuomo, escalating his efforts to galvanize opposition to frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

The former governor, part of New York’s political firmament for nearly half a century, finished what may be his final campaign with a bruising loss to Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor’s race.