The former governor’s AI-, fear-, and bigotry-fueled campaign to run New York City feels straight out of the Trump playbook. After a double-digit loss in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo launched his independent bid for the office in June with a video mimicking the style of his primary adversary, Zohran Mamdani. Since then, his campaign seems to have taken most of its cues from the pair’s supposed common adversary, President Donald Trump.