Andrew Cuomo rolled out a new campaign logo and his new public safety proposal Monday, including boosting police officer pay and other recruitment initiatives. He also proposed expanding a specialty unit his main rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, wants to disband.
The former governor, who is running for mayor as an independent in November after losing the primary in June, presented everything sitting behind a desk and accompanied by a slideshow, a throwback to his COVID-era briefings from Albany.
Cuomo’s public safety initiative would cost an estimated $250 million over five years and looks to add 5,000 new officers to the NYPD with a $15,000 sign-on bonus and thousands of dollars in other “retention incentives.”…