WASHINGTON — Former Long Island congressman and recent inmate George Santos has done something four days out of prison that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer still have not — endorse a New York City mayoral candidate.

Announcing Tuesday that he backs former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, running as an independent, over Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, Santos posted on X: "I pray that God will illuminate the mind" of Republican Curtis Sliwa to "step aside and work with Cuomo to save NYC from Marxism/sharia disaster."

Santos' endorsement comes as Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), the House minority leader, and Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader, have for weeks dodged questions on whether they will endorse Mamdani, an assemblyman who is a self-described democratic socialist.

Rep. Tom Suozz

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