Hugh Hewitt: As New York City Votes

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Voting for the New York mayoral race begins this week.

If Republicans in New York City vote in large numbers for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for mayor, the greatest city in the world will avoid a plunge into a spiral of collapse on many fronts.

New York City is on the 8.5 million people, 4.7 million of them are active registered voters another 700,000 are “inactive” voters.

Democratic Party registrants make up the largest bloc, at nearly two-thirds of the electorate. Republican Party registrants make up a mere 11 percent.

Curtis Sliwa ran unopposed for the GOP nomination. But even an eighth grader with decent math skills should be able to recognize that Sliwa cannot win. Not possible. There aren’t enough Republicans.

Reasonable and even activist, hard-core conservative Republicans should hold their noses and vote for Andrew Cuomo.

New York City is just too important to fail.

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