Andrew Cuomo, former New York Governor and independent candidate for New York City Mayor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the New York City mayoral race, rise of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani,

In 1980, the “forgotten middle class” elected me to the U.S. Senate. In 2025, that “forgotten middle class” is going to need to find its voice once again if its families want to stay in a New York

He is not the Democratic nominee. He is an independent. And unlike even the optimistic forecasts for Zohran Mamdani’s victory last month, Cuomo is not campaigning in the wake of any razor-thin margin or ranked-choice-vote calculus that pushed him into a close second. He really came nowhere close to winning.