Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman has become the latest political influencer to publicly urge former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to step aside from the New York City mayoral race, even as his name is set to appear on the ballot.
Cuomo will appear on the November ballot representing the Fight and Deliver Party — which he formed in May — after losing the Democratic primary last month to 33-year-old state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani. The election, which relies on ranked choice voting, was officially called for Mamdani on Tuesday.
Ackman wrote two lengthy posts on social platform X late Wednesday evening that he doesn’t want Mamdani, a democratic socialist, to become the city’s next mayor and thinks removing Cuomo as an option on the ballot will benefit incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who is seeking reelection as an independent…