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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminded business leaders on Wednesday that socialism already failed New York City when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., and progressive activists rallied against Amazon's plan to build a headquarters in Queens.

During Crain’s New York Business mayoral forum Wednesday morning, less than one month away from Election Day, Cuomo railed against the threat that Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's policies pose to the city's economy.

"We are not socialists," Cuomo said. "We all saw the foreshadowing of the danger of this philosophy when we lost the Amazon project in Queens and 50,000 jobs due to socialist opposition."

Cuomo told business leaders New York City is at a crossroa

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