Dick Morris to Newsmax: Sliwa Gains Momentum While Cuomo Falters

With New York City’s mayoral election only weeks away, recent polling is pointing to a surprise victory for self-labeled “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani.

While the endorsement of current mayor Eric Adams for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is unlikely to “amount to much,” presidential adviser Dick Morris told Newsmax on Thursday that Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa is “coming on strong.”

“I think he’s [Sliwa] doing very well, and you don’t have to listen to what I say as an observer, but the polling numbers reflect it. Since early September, Cuomo has flatlined. Sliwa, however, has gone from 9% of the vote to 19% of the vote. And I think he’s coming on very strong,” Morris said during an appearance on “Newsline.”

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