Overview

• Politico’s New York Playbook published audio of Andrew Cuomo saying he expects President Trump and other Republicans to urge voters to back him over GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa to stop Zohran Mamdani.
• Cuomo senior adviser Rich Azzopardi says the candidate was responding to a hypothetical and is not expecting help from Trump or anyone else.
• The White House says President Trump has no intention of endorsing or getting involved in the New York City mayoral race.
• Cuomo confirms attending the Hamptons fundraiser and says he knows the president well, while disputing a New York Times report of a phone call and saying he would decline a Trump endorsement.
• Mamdani’s campaign labels Cuomo “Donald Trump’s choice for mayor,” and Sliwa argues Trump weighing in would not help as the three-way November race continues.