NEW YORK — As governor, Andrew Cuomo enacted rent laws anathema to New York City’s real estate titans and held up their favored tax break for more than a year. He recently hired one of their antagonists to his mayoral campaign.
Yet the well-heeled industry is coalescing around his bid for mayor.
The reason has to do with perceived inevitability, despite the rocky history: Cuomo is the overwhelming favorite in the Democratic primary to unseat Mayor Eric Adams. Recognizing the need to woo developers, he has gone as far as expressing regret for parts of his Albany record…