Former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a longtime ally to Mayor Adams who has donated to his reelection bid and worked closely with his administration, is endorsing ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres is backing Andrew Cuomo for mayor, saying the ex-governor will provide the “competence and courage” needed to run New York City.

Andrew Cuomo finally launched his mayoral campaign Saturday, bringing his intentions into the public sphere and out of the realm of speculation, rumor and leaks.

Announcing his bid to run for mayor of New York City over the weekend, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that he would “save our city.”

At last, it’s official: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City. That sentence would have seemed inordinately strange a year or two ago. But Cuomo had been telegraphing for many months that he wanted to launch a comeback. And now he’s running, with a Manhattan launch event and 17-minute campaign video under his belt.

More than three years after Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace as governor of New York, he finds himself the front-runner to replace Eric Adams, the scandal-scarred mayor of New York City who is seen by some voters as too beholden to President Donald Trump.