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Andrew Cuomo on Thursday denied having knowledge of President Donald Trump’s reported attempts to get Mayor Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the mayoral race to give him a head-to-head contest against Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani.

Adams was allegedly offered a federal job with the Department of Housing and Urban Development — which Cuomo used to lead.

“I don’t know anything about that,” the former governor told reporters during a press conference on the Upper West Side. “I read the rumors but no, it is up to Mayor Adams whether he wants to

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