Gov. Hochul said she aligned with Zohran Mamdani on affordability. (John Lamparski/Getty Images; Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
"There's many areas of disagreement, but also there's areas of alignment, including affordability," the governor added of Mamdani. "You know, his election touched a nerve. And people said, you know what, we're just not getting ahead. And the Trump policies that were promised to lift people up, reduce costs, not touch Medicaid, make sure that tariffs create jobs, none of that happened. So there is this sense of we need some change now."
As governor, Hochul said she's worked with two different mayors of New York City already, and she'll continue to "work with whomever the voters want me to, and I'll make it work."
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is running for re-election as an independent. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
After a June Democratic mayoral primary loss to Mamdani, Cuomo joined incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams as another independent candidate running in the general election.
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Adams and Cuomo have traded barbs about which of them should drop out before November to better the chances of a Mamdani defeat.
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
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