Andrew Cuomo raised greater than $390,000 for his mayoral run within the instant aftermath of Mayor Adams’ suspension of his reelection marketing campaign, based on a supply accustomed to the ex-governor’s newest submitting set to be launched Friday.
The supply mentioned the sizable money rush is a part of roughly $940,000 Cuomo raised in complete through the newest reporting interval, that means the post-Adams announcement haul represented 42% of the amount of cash he pulled in general.
It illustrates how Cuomo’s benefitting from Adams’ resolution to step out of the race. The embattled incumbent’s exit got here after he for months confronted strain to drop out as he polled in the back of the mayoral pack amid continued fallout from his corruption indictment and surrounding controversies.
“Momentum is on our side at exactly the right moment,” Invoice Mulrow, Cuomo’s marketing campaign chairman, mentioned in a press release earlier than the discharge of the newest submitting, which covers fundraising actions between Aug. 19 and this previous Monday. “Voters are just now tuning into this race, and they want a safe city they can afford to live in, and they know Andrew Cuomo has the experience to deliver and the ability to hit the ground running on day one.”
About $337,076 of the cash raised by Cuomo within the newest interval might be eligible for matching funds, based on the supply, who mentioned that would generate as a lot as one other $2.6 million in public money.
Nonetheless, Cuomo, who’s operating as an unbiased within the November election, isn’t anticipated to report that he has drawn in sufficient cash to succeed in the $8 million spending cap.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee who’s polling as the favourite to win the Nov. 4 contest, already reached the spending cap final month and began dropping seven-figure tv advert buys earlier this week to spice up his message.
Particulars about Mamdani’s newest submitting weren’t instantly out there, however his marketing campaign mentioned he suspended fundraising after reaching the cap final month.
Contemporary fundraising numbers weren’t instantly out there, both, for Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee within the mayoral race.
Initially Revealed: October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM EDT
