Cuomo Tells Donors That He Expects Help From Trump

“We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate. And Trump himself, as well as top Republicans, will say the goal is to stop Mamdani. And you’ll be wasting your vote on Sliwa. So I feel good about that.

“Let’s put it this way: I knew the president very well. believe there’s a big piece of him that actually wants redemption in New York. He feels that he was rejected by New York. We voted for Hillary Clinton. Bill de Blasio took his name off things. So I believe there will be opportunities to actually cooperate with him.

“I also believe that he’s not going to want to fight with me in New York if he can avoid it.” – Andrew Cuomo, speaking to a reportedly Trump-friendly crowd at a private Hamptons fundraiser. Cuomo has publicly said that he would reject Trump’s endorsement.