Florida real estate professionals and business leaders are encouraging New York City investors frightened by Zohran Mamdani's policy ideas to head South.

David Paterson, New York's former governor, is calling on Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo and other independent candidates to unite to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor.

Former New York Gov. David Paterson is calling on Democrats to rally together behind a mayoral candidate, just not Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Paterson held a news conference Monday, Paterson compared the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist to “cyanide” for the Democratic party.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked him to drop his re-election bid as the latter considers his next potential steps in the race. Adams said, when asked, in an interview with CNBC that he had indeed spoken with Cuomo since the primary.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked sitting New York City Mayor Eric Adams to drop out of the mayoral race. Cuomo—who was forced to resign as governor in 2021 over allegations of sexual harassment—lost the Democratic primary to socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani on June 24,