Nobody likes a sore loser – but Cuomo declines to bow out gracefully
Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the defeated candidate found it hard to praise the victorZohran Mamdani elected mayor of New YorkAt least Andrew Cuomo’s last act in politics came at a fancy venue.While Cuomo held his election night party at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, which...
<p>Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the defeated candidate found it hard to praise the victor</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/zohran-mamdani-mayor-new-york-city">Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York</a></p></li></ul><p>At least Andrew Cuomo’s last act in politics came at a fancy venue.</p><p>While Cuomo held his election night party at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, which describes itself in <a href="https://www.ziegfeldballroom.com/">its own words</a> as a “luxury event venue built on Broadway’s golden era”, it didn’t feel like a golden era on Tuesday, when Cuomo didn’t so much bow out of the race as aggressively rut and posture and snort his way out of it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-new-york">Continue reading...</a>
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