For the second time, former Gov. David Paterson has endorsed the man who once succeeded him as New York's chief executive, Andrew Cuomo, in the Nov. 4 mayoral general election.

Paterson had sided with incumbent Mayor Eric Adams over the summer after endorsing Cuomo in the Democratic primary. With Adams now out of the race, Paterson once again threw his support to Cuomo, now running as an independent, during a Tuesday afternoon news conference at a Bronx senior center.

Adams, who also endorsed Cuomo last week, joined Cuomo and Paterson for Tuesday's endorsement announcement.

Paterson praised Cuomo as the right person to tackle the city's challenges. He also appeared to criticize Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani over his affordability agenda, which includes items such as

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