The top of the Democratic Social gathering of Puerto Rico is endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York Metropolis, marking an uncommon foray into Massive Apple politics for the group, which usually solely focuses on points native to the island.
Luis Dávila Pernas, the get together’s chairman, made the endorsement official in a brand new marketing campaign advert that Cuomo’s workforce set to air on tv and digital platforms throughout Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan. Cuomo’s camp stated it’s spending about $100,000 on airing the advert over the course of per week.
Dávila Pernas then lists off how Cuomo, as governor, traveled to Puerto Rico within the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 to “coordinate aid” when President Trump’s first administration “failed to act.” Once more, in 2020, when devastating earthquakes rocked the island, Dávila Pernas notes within the advert, Cuomo was again on Puerto Rico with Nationwide Guard troops to assist native leaders rebuild.
“As we come together for this year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, let’s remember: When Puerto Rico needed an ally, Andrew Cuomo was there,” Dávila Pernas provides within the spot.
Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 amid accusations of sexual misconduct and of getting mismanaged nursing residence insurance policies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, is anticipated to march in Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade alongside Fifth Ave. Many different native politicians sometimes additionally march within the parade, together with Mayor Adams, who isn’t working on this month’s Democratic mayoral main after having dropped out of it within the wake of the Trump administration’s controversial dismissal of his corruption indictment.
The brand new advert highlights how Cuomo, who denies partaking in wrongdoing as governor, is looking for to enchantment to Puerto Ricans specifically and Hispanic voters extra broadly. New York Metropolis is residence to quite a lot of giant Hispanic communities seen as key constituencies in native elections.
Cuomo stays the favourite to win the June 24 Democratic mayoral main, in keeping with most polls. Some latest surveys, although, have proven Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who’s polling in second place, slicing into Cuomo’s lead, because the election looms lower than three weeks away.
