Andrew Cuomo: “He [Mamdani] was a rapper, an assemblyman for two terms. He…”

“I was just endorsed by major leaders of the Muslim community. What I was saying is he is, he is inexperienced, right? This is basically if he wins as mayor, it's basically his first job. He [Mamdani] was a rapper, an assemblyman for two terms. He only passed three bills and he was absent more than anyone else. So being mayor is a complicated job. It's 300,000 employees, it's $115 billion budget. And it is a situation where on any given day you can deal with any unknown crisis.” (05:46–07:56)

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