STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Former New York governor and independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo recently sat down with the Advance/SILive.com editorial board to discuss his vision for a Cuomo administration in New York City.

Cuomo will face off against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa come Election Day, in what is expected to be a highly scrutinized finale to a tumultuous political season.

Policing

Speaking candidly about New York City’s challenges, Cuomo argued the city has deteriorated under current leadership and needs a back-to-basics approach to governance.

“We have the lowest level of police we’ve had in modern political history,” Cuomo said, attributing the staffing shortage to the “defund the police” movement that “took a billion dollars out o

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