Inside Cuomo's donor surge
NEW YORK — Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish communities along with the Upper West and Upper East sides of Manhattan poured money into Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral warchest last month after the exodus of incumbent Eric Adams, an analysis of campaign contributions shows.
A POLITICO review of New York City Campaign Finance Board data found Cuomo received more than $375,000 from nearly 1,700 donors between Sept. 28 — the day Adams announced his exodus — and a deadline to disclose fundraising a day later.
The source of Cuomo’s surge in donations suggests many Jewish New Yorkers continue to oppose frontrunner Zohran Mamdani over his positions on Israel and the war in Gaza, even as Mamdani continues to lead the former governor by double digits two weeks out from Election Day.
The latest contribution data available shows the largest concentration of donors who gave to Cuomo are located in the ZIP code covering Gravesend in Brooklyn. More than 90 individual contributors there forked over cash to the Cuomo cause. A neighboring ZIP code covering much of Midwood was not far behind, with more than 80 individual contributors.
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