BREAKING: Mamdani Accuses Cuomo of Sexu@lly Harassing Over a Dozen Women, Brings Accuser in Audience

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The NYC mayoral debate turned explosive as Zohran Mamdani confronted former Governor Andrew Cuomo over multiple sexu@l harassment allegations. Mamdani highlighted that Cuomo spent over $20 million in taxpayer funds to defend himself while legally targeting his accusers. In a dramatic moment, Mamdani revealed that Charlotte Bennett, one of Cuomo’s accusers, was present in the audience but unable to speak due to legal pressure. Watch this intense exchange as Mamdani holds Cuomo accountable in front of the city and the nation.    #NYC #MayoralDebate #ZohranMamdani #AndrewCuomo #CharlotteBennett #Sexu@lHarassment #PoliticalDrama #DebateHighlights #NYPolitics #Election2025 #BreakingNews #FieryDebate #Accountability #ExplosiveMoment #NYCMayor

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00:00Who was rejected by the Democrats in the primary and rejected by 13 women who charged you with sexual harassment.

00:08Do you ever know that no means no?

00:1113 different women who worked in your administration incredibly accused you of sexual harassment.

00:17I, however, can speak. What do you say to the 13 women that you sexually harassed?

00:26You talk about free, free, free.

00:30But we know that somebody's got to pay for it, and that's you, the taxpayers.

00:36And that's going to lead to bankruptcy.

00:38The only reason that Zoran is on the stage is because of the failed Governor Cuomo,

00:43who was rejected by the Democrats in the primary and rejected by 13 women who charged you with sexual harassment.

00:51Do you ever know that no means no? You know what no means?

00:56Your question is to Mr. Maldonado?

00:58Who was your question to?

01:00Well, we can bifurcate it, right?

01:01No, no. You can't. Who was your question to?

01:03It's to Cuomo.

01:04Okay.

01:06Your response, Mr. Cuomo.

01:07I'm not sure what the man said, but the situation, my legal situation, as we discussed before, was fully litigated.

01:23I was dropped from the cases.

01:27If anyone has a legal situation to talk about, I think it's Mr. Sliwa, who runs the Guardian Angels and apparently has a charitable donation,

01:37but never filed any tax returns for the Guardian Angels and has been accepting charitable donations, which is just a crime and tax fraud.

01:49So, I think that's the person who I was explaining to do.

01:52Okay. Your turn to ask a question, Mr. Cuomo.

01:56To Zoran, I believe, as we've stated, that you have been a divisive force in New York, and I believe that's toxic energy for New York.

02:06It's with the Jewish community. It's with the Italian-American community when you give the Columbus statue the finger.

02:15It's with the Sunni Muslims when you say decriminalize prostitution, which is haram.

02:21It's the Hindus.

02:23But then you take a picture with Rebecca Kadaga, Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda.

02:31You take a picture with your father. You're smiling. He's smiling.

02:36She's known as Rebecca Gay Killer Kadaga.

02:41You're a citizen of Uganda.

02:43You took the picture. You said you didn't know who she was. It turns out you did.

02:47How do you not renounce your citizenship or demand BDS against Uganda for imprisoning people who are gay?

03:00Just by their sexual orientation. Isn't that a basic violation of human rights?

03:05My politics is consistent, and my politics is built on a belief in human rights for all people.

03:18And that extends to queer and trans New Yorkers, and it extends to queer and trans Ugandans.

03:24And had I known that the first deputy minister was the architect of that legislation, I would not have taken that photo.

03:30And yet I also know that this constant attempt to smear and slander me is an attempt to also distract from the fact

03:38that unlike myself, you do not actually have a platform or a set of policies to protect those same New Yorkers here.

03:45All you have are the insults that you have lobbed at every single opportunity you have.

03:49Mr. Cuomo, in 2021, 13 different women who worked in your administration incredibly accused you of sexual harassment.

04:10Since then, you have spent more than $20 million in taxpayer funds to defend yourself,

04:17all while describing these allegations as entirely political.

04:22You have even gone so far as to legally go after these women.

04:27One of those women, Charlotte Bennett, is here in the audience this evening.

04:33You sought to access her private gynecological records.

04:37She cannot speak up for herself because you lodged a defamation case against her.

04:44I, however, can speak.

04:46What do you say to the 13 women that you sexually harassed?

04:57If you want to be in government, then you have to be serious and mature.

05:02There were allegations of sexual harassment.

05:08They were then, went to five district attorneys, fully litigated for four years.

05:13The cases were dropped, right?

05:15You know that as a fact.

05:16So everything you just stated, you just said was a misstatement.

05:20Everything that I stated was a misstatement?

05:22Yes, because the cases, the cases were dropped.

05:27That's what happened.

05:29And my question to you, you still didn't answer, why won't you say BDS against Uganda

05:34if it's saying gays should be imprisoned for being gay?

05:39Okay.

05:39You have no problem with BDS against Israel, but no BDS for Uganda.

05:44This is just one question, one answer.

05:47We all heard it.

05:48Thank you very much, candidates.

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