Billionaire Michael Bloomberg donated $1.5 million to a Super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo’s independent bid for New York City mayor Wednesday in hopes of stopping democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
“Being Mayor of New York City is the second toughest job in America, and the next mayor will face immense challenges. Andrew Cuomo has the experience and toughness to stand up for New Yorkers and get things done. I hope you will join me in supporting him,” Bloomberg wrote in a social media post Wednesday evening.
Bloomberg’s donation went to Fix the City, a Cuomo-aligned committee focused on “empowering and mobilizing the mainstream majority of New Yorkers to prevent a takeover of the city by extremists.”
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