Patterson dismissed the Democratic primary, in which Mamdani trounced former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, as "politics."

Fresh off losing New York’s Democratic primary for mayor to Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ramped up his efforts to push the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, out of the race.

Falling short of endorsing a specific leader, former Gov. David Paterson called on the remaining moderate independent candidates in the NYC mayor’s race—namely Adams and Cuomo—to join forces to defeat the Democratic nominee,