Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani are competing for New York City mayor. (Getty Images)
The Cuomo and Mamdani campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
The ad's release came around the same time that Cuomo, Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa participated in a mayoral debate Wednesday night.
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All three candidates for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani, debated Wednesday night. (Angelina Katsanis-Pool/Getty Images)
Cuomo, in turn, targeted Mamdani over controversies that have embattled his campaign. Cuomo blasted the self-proclaimed socialist over his lack of experience, ties to radical politics, and past radical comments about law enforcement, Israel and the situation in Gaza.
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"My main opponent has no new ideas. He has no new plan.… He's never run anything, managed anything. He's never had a real job," Cuomo said of Mamdani during the debate. Cuomo also branded Mamdani as someone who has proven to be "a divisive force in New York," pointing to past incidents that have garnered Mamdani heat from critics.
Fox News' Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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