Andrew Cuomo Says This Will Be a Two-Person Race

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00:00What you see in the polls is Mamdani is always at about 40%.

00:05That leaves 60%.

00:07As you accurately pointed out, you have a multi-candidate field,

00:11so four people or three people are breaking up that 60%.

00:15I don't think you're going to wind up, ultimately, with that larger field.

00:20I think the field is going to collapse.

00:22I think it's going to come down to me versus Mr. Mamdani.

00:26And as I said, Mamdani has 40%.

00:29Mamdani has very radical ideas which are exciting to one group of the population,

00:36especially young people, but are polarizing to many other people.

00:41And I think it's going to come down to a one-on-one,

00:43and then it is a totally different race.

00:46Is there an effort by you and your campaign to try to convince Eric Adams

00:50or Curtis Lee with a dropout of this race?

00:52Are there conversations that are happening behind the scenes to make

00:55what I imagine you see as a compelling case for them to step aside

00:58to make this more of a one-on-one race?

01:00No.

01:00I'm sure they're making their own decisions.

01:02Look, I've been in elections where I have dropped out

01:05because I thought it was the right thing to do.

01:11They have a decision to make.

01:14There is no apparent path to victory for them.

01:18They, in essence, would act as a spoiler.

01:23And that's a decision they have to make.

01:25They have to make it personally, and that's their business.

01:28But again, I think it's going to come down to a two-person race no matter what,

01:33because that's what the polls are going to say,

01:36and that is the choice.

01:37Thank you so very much.