Dear Commons Community,

 Former President Bill Clinton endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City yesterday, the last day of early voting.

“The election will decide the next mayor of New York, and I urge you to vote for Andrew Cuomo,” Clinton said in a news release. “As President, I chose Andrew to be my Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and he never let me down—but more importantly, he didn’t let the nation down. He built public housing all across the country, from Chicago to LA, designed and implemented new innovative programs to successfully combat homelessness, and fought discrimination, including against the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and antisemitism.”

Cuomo worked for the Clinton administration as the housing secretary.

He also served as governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021, after he was accused of sexual harassment and trying to silence his victims.

Cuomo thanked Clinton in a news release, calling Clinton a “personal mentor, friend and hero.”

“His administration was one of the most accomplished in modern political history — and that’s what government is supposed to be all about,” Cuomo said in a news release. “He never ran from a challenge and in fact ran towards them. Together we built housing, battled homelessness and fought for justice for communities too often left out and left behind. His belief that change was not only possible but is the foundational work of government inspires me in every action I take.”

In-person primary voting day is tomorrow in New York!

Tony

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