Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent in the New York City mayoral race, said Tuesday that his Democratic competitor Zohran Mamdani would hurt the morale of local police if elected.

New York City mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo slams his opponent Zohran Mamdani’s past statements about the city’s police department in an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt.

Democratic Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's past tweets mocking the New York Police Department have come back to haunt him after an officer was murdered in a mass-shooting. Mamdani, 33,