Chris Cuomo Expresses Concern About Brother Running for New York Mayor: ‘I Don’t Know Why He Seems So Motivated’

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo suggested that his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, should not run for mayor of New York.

New York Mayor Eric Adams was indicted last month on federal bribery charges in what prosecutors say was a foreign influence-peddling scheme done for the benefit of Turkey. Regardless of the indictment, Adams was widely expected to draw several primary challengers in 2025. Andrew Cuomo has reportedly been considering a run even before Adams was charged. The ex-governor held the state’s top executive post from 2011 to 2021, when he resigned after being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women.

On Monday, Chris Cuomo fielded questions from listeners – one of whom asked about his brother potentially running for mayor.

“The obvious punt is, he’s gotta answer his own questions,” the host responded. “He’s a big boy. He speaks for himself. I’m the little brother, not the big brother.”

The younger Cuomo said that while he has “never had to look outside my own family for role models,” it might be best if his brother not run for office again:

I feel like he’s done so much and there’s such a high price for getting into that game now – especially in his party – that I don’t know why he seems so motivated to serve. And I know he’s hearing people tell him to run. But man, there’s a lot of ifs in this. Is Adams in, or is Adams out? Is it a special election, or is it a primary? How radicalized left is the party structure in that special election or primary? Who else runs? I mean, there are a lot of ifs, I think for a lot of people it seems simple. Andrew Cuomo should get in. Andrew Cuomo shouldn’t get in.

I think there are a lot of pieces, but the most important piece is my brother’s conviction. And all I know is he does not share my disrespect for the process.

The host concluded by saying his brother – like their father Mario Cuomo – believes public service to be “the best, if not the only way to dedicate your life.”

He concluded, “We’ve got a long way to go. We’ll see what happens.”

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