Endorsement: Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York City

By The Post Meridiem Post Editorial Board (Against Our Better Judgment)

New Yorkers face a familiar choice in the upcoming mayoral race: a competent, idealistic, policy-savvy legislator… or a former governor whose résumé is 60% pandemic press conferences and 40% HR violations.

After no deliberation and extreme internal conflict, The Post Meridiem Post proudly, begrudgingly, recklessly endorses:

Andrew Cuomo

Why Not Zohran Mamdani?

Let’s be clear: Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is smart. Sincere. Transportation-literate. He believes in things like “housing justice” and “bus rapid transit.” He’s everything New York deserves.

But here’s the problem: he would make people happy.

And happiness is a death knell for satirical newspapers.

Cuomo Is Chaos. And Chaos Is Content.

Cuomo is not a man. He is a headline generator.

• Press conference? Cue saxophone.

• Ethics investigation? Roll camera.

• Creepy shoulder-touch? Call HR. Then call us.

He has the rare political gift of making even routine governance feel like an HBO spinoff titled Sex and the Subpoena.

Our Ethical Rationale (We Swear We Have One)

We are not endorsing Cuomo because we agree with him. We are endorsing Cuomo because New York is a theater, and Cuomo is a playwright of scandal.

The man could turn a ribbon-cutting into a three-act redemption arc with a betrayal subplot and a guest appearance by Billy Joel.

In Summary: Let Mamdani Lead. But Let Cuomo Run.

To Zohran Mamdani: We admire you. We believe in you. We hope one day to live in a city run by someone like you.

But until then—until utopia arrives by bus—we’ll be riding shotgun with Cuomo. It’s bad policy. But it’s great press.