Whether they opposed or supported him, everyone knew that Andrew Cuomo was in it for himself. Why would a longtime New York political scion, ex–Clinton Cabinet member, former state attorney general, and three-term governor reduce himself to mayor,

Andrew Cuomo’s political career is ending where it began — with a failed mayoral race. Nearly 50 years ago, Cuomo served as an informal adviser to his father’s unsuccessful City Hall bid. Decades later,

Cuomo took the stage around 10:45 p.m. With his adult daughters standing beside him, the 67-year-old noted he won a higher percentage as an independent candidate than his late father, Mario Cuomo, did in the unsuccessful 1977 mayoral campaign where Andrew Cuomo cut his political teeth.

When Andrew Cuomo appeared before a thinning crowd of supporters Tuesday night to concede the New York City mayoral race, the moment crystallized what months of polling had already suggested: that New York had moved on from the Cuomo era.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a last-minute shot at Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, calling him an "extreme far socialist." Cuomo trails Mamdani by nearly 15% in the RCP Average of polls going into election day.

Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.