The screaming and booing erupted while Andrew Cuomo was still half a block away, walking toward a mosque in Jamaica, Queens. “You are a criminal! You are not welcome here! How dare you support a war criminal!” One of the dozen or so hecklers, some of whom were wearing T-shirts supporting Zohran Mamdani, was inches from the former governor’s right ear, matching his every step and yelling at full volume, “Shame on you! Shame on you!”

Cuomo stayed cool, removed his black dress shoes at the door of the mosque, and descended a narrow stairway into the small basement prayer room. The group of protesters followed Cuomo and continued jeering loudly throughout his attempt to speak to the 50 or so men kneeling on the floor. “This is an important time in this country,” he began. “You look at wha

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