By CBS News
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Sources tell CBS News New York former Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to stay in the New York City mayoral race as an independent candidate.
Cuomo is keeping a close eye on polling numbers, however, and has a proposal for his challengers.
Cuomo to propose pledge for independent candidates, sources say
The day after Cuomo lost the Democratic mayoral primary to 33-year-old Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani by 12 points, Cuomo told political reporter Marcia Kramer he was still weighing a run on the independent ticket.
“I’m getting deluged with phone calls from people who are concerned the city is at a delicate tipping point,” he said on June 25.
Sunday night, Cuomo’s team only said this in a statement: “They’ll [sic] be an official announcement soon.” READ MORE…
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