Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Brooklyn Saturday touting the support of faith leaders as early voting began. But mostly, he was there to tear down his opponent in the New York City mayor's race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.

“He’s panicked,” Cuomo said. "He’s desperate."

Cuomo spent almost the entirety of his remarks attacking Mamdani, the Queens Assembly member who on Friday made an impassioned speech about the Islamophobia he and other Muslim New Yorkers have experienced.

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Andrew Cuomo has dismissed Zohran Mamdani’s claims the former governor's attacks contribute to Islamophobia

Cuomo says a comment made during an interview by a radio host that Mamdani would cheer another 9/11 was offensive, but that he did not take it seriously

The Queens Assembly memb

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