Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha predicted that Andrew Cuomo is “trailing” behind his opponent for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, because of his reputation as a “horrible governor of New York.”

“I don’t wish anything with Cuomo. I think he was a horrible governor of New York, obviously New Yorkers feel that way as well because he’s trailing by anywhere 15 to 20 points behind Mamdani even without Eric Adams in the race. We are running out of runway here,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends First Tuesday.

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“You could be looking at the next mayor of New York: a 33-year-old who has never held a real job in his life running the most complex financial capital of the world, go figure,” Concha added.

Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection campaign over a week ago, nearly three weeks after a New York Times/Siena University poll found Adams had just 9% of likely voters’ support. Meanwhile, Mamdani received 46% support from likely voters, and Cuomo trailed with 24%. 

That same poll reported that in a hypothetical head-to-head between Cuomo and Mamdani, Cuomo’s numbers would jump up to 44% and Mamdani’s would rise to 48%, closing Mamdani’s lead to only four points. However, Republican candidate Curtis Silwa remains in the race.

Concha agreed with Cuomo’s prediction that if Mamdani wins the mayor’s office, it would be “a gift” to President Donald Trump. 

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“If far left Democrat socialist is what the brand is, that may work in New York or Chicago, Minneapolis or Portland. It does not work in the rest of the country in the states that matter that will decide the midterms,” Concha said.

Cuomo warned that Trump “will take a picture of Mamdani, run around the country, and say, ‘Here’s what happened to the Democrats. They are now Communists,’” during a segment on The View Monday. His appearance on the show came days after Mamdani appeared on The View to clarify that he is “a Democratic socialist, that means I believe in dignity for all people.”