“The Democrats: there’ll be havoc like in New York City,” said Cuomo, mimicking a GOP mailer throughout a soft-ball interview with radio host Alan Chartock on upstate radio station WAMC.
“They ran de Blasio’s picture all over the state!” continued the third-term governor. “They’ll turn New York State into New York City, looting and crime and homelessness, law and order!”
Cuomo’s comments echo his own repeated charges on de Blasio earlier this fall, where he too called the Big Apple “dirty” riddled with a “homeless problem” and “rising crime.”
GOP state Senate candidates on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley often featured de Blasio — as well as Cuomo — in mailers throughout the final weeks of the campaign.
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Some Republican candidates have leads from the ballots tallied on Election Day, but hundreds of thousands more votes cast via mail have not been counted yet.
Although, that didn’t stop Cuomo from slamming de Blasio for the Democratic messaging woes.
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“I believe the Republicans beat the Democrats on messaging. I think they branded Democrats as anti-law and order and that hurt Democrats…the Republicans did that successfully,” he said.
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“They branded Democrats as anti-law and order and that hurt Democrats and that hurt Democrats. It was untrue. The Democrats — we are against the injustice in the criminal justice system we are against the racism and discrimination in policy.”
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However, much of the ammo that Republicans used against Democrats came from proposals that Cuomo introduced and passed through his budgets — including the state’s controversial reform that nixed bail requirements for crimes and most non-violent felony charges.
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Because of the pandemic, New York is counting a shocking amount of mail-in ballots. Most counties and New York City will not start counting those ballots until Monday. That means voters will have to wait for the official results.
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Jesse McKinley, The Times’s Albany bureau chief, answered some questions regarding what the results mean so far for Democrats.
“I think in terms of state politics, they are disappointed that they’re not going to build on majorities in the State Senate. And they’re very cautiously optimistic that they may win the presidency, and for Democrats everywhere that’s been the biggest prize of all.” McKinley said.
“They’re also pleading for patience in the same way Joe Biden’s campaign has. They say that there’s likely to be a red mirage on election night that will be cleared up afterward, and that process is ongoing.”
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