Does Cuomo Pass the Shedding Snake Skin Test?

Former NYS Governor and NYC Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo is currently leading the cast of thousands running against him, polling at 37% for the Democrat primary to be held in June. His closest competitor is extreme left Socialist Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, an avowed supporter of Hamas and all things Hamas-supported, is at 18%.

 

Current failing NYC Mayor Eric Adams was polling at 6% before he decided to run for reelection as an independent.

But Cuomo has a problem.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into the former New York Governor, as of late May 2025 and reports indicate, related to his testimony before Congress regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, specifically concerning nursing home deaths.

The investigation was initiated after House Republicans alleged Cuomo lied under oath in 2024 about his involvement with a July 2020 state report on nursing home infections and deaths.

Cuomo, who resigned as Governor in 2021 amid a barrage of sexual harassment allegations he vehemently denies, began soliciting key powerbrokers to support his political comeback last year, but began his leftward tilt as polling for the Democratic primary showed his strongest challenger is Mamdani.

“He knows his past positions are incredibly unpopular with Democratic primary voters, who he is trying to trick and fool,” said Bill Neidhardt, a former top aide to ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio who is now part of a political action committee trying to get Mamdani elected mayor.

It will be a tough next few weeks for Andrew Cuomo, with a lot more than an avowed Socialist to overcome. And Mamdani is just one of many others running, as reported in the New York Post.

And, he also has to run against the mess he made for himself, with no one else’s help.