He is not the Democratic nominee. He is an independent. And unlike even the optimistic forecasts for Zohran Mamdani’s victory last month, Cuomo is not campaigning in the wake of any razor-thin margin or ranked-choice-vote calculus that pushed him into a close second. He really came nowhere close to winning.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack and bags and flee south to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani.

Andrew Cuomo vows to stay in the NYC mayoral race as an independent following his primary defeat, joining a general election that includes incumbent Mayor Eric Adams.