US Rep. Adriano Espaillat is backing Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor — strengthening the embattled former governor’s support among Latino communities in Washington Heights and the Bronx.
The Democratic congressman made his spirited endorsement during a Mother’s Day event in the Bronx Saturday night, encouraging female attendees to vote for the pol – who resigned in disgrace from the governor’s office in 2021 over sexual misconduct claims leveled against him by a slew of women — accusations he’s denied.
“He has the best intentions in his heart,” Espaillat, who reps Upper Manhattan and parts of the West Bronx, insisted during his lively bilingual declaration, according to a video shared on X …