New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani accepts an endorsement from the United Bodegas of America in the Bronx, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
He is one of several prominent Republicans in New York coming out to publicly back Cuomo in the waning days before the election.
Early voting began in the New York City mayor's race last weekend. Mamdani is the presumptive frontrunner in the deep blue Democrat stronghold, with Cuomo running as an independent candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa running as the Republican.
Cuomo and Sliwa have both made overt movements to court independent and Republican voters, however, with concerns from Mamdani's critics that the two could cancel each other out.
Langworthy would not say whether it was a mistake for Sliwa not to drop out of the race earlier but said, "Everyone's really got to check, is this a vanity project? Or is this something you're trying to do to seriously be the mayor?
"There's only one candidate running against Mamdani that has a credible path to win. And there's Andrew Cuomo. And, you know, he knows how to run a government," he said. "I may have policy disagreements with him, but he's certainly a better option than the alternative of Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America running the city with no checks and balances."
Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Democratic mayoral primary debate June 4, 2025, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Pool/AP Photo)
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But House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., who represents part of the New York City suburbs on Long Island, said he believed a Mamdani victory was likely a "forgone conclusion."
"The Democrats, the way they just set the system for themselves — somehow the primary is ranked choice, but the general is not. I mean, it's ridiculous," Garbarino said. "We'll see, though. I mean, the polls have been wrong before."
Election Day in New York City is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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