NYC Mayor Adams mocks Cuomo’s reputation as a ‘great manager’ as he rips ex-governor’s handling of Covid, nursing home deaths

Mayor Eric Adams ripped his superior rival Andrew Cuomo’s expected estimation arsenic a “great manager” Monday — noting the erstwhile politician is to blasted for nursing location deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hizzoner joined grieving New York families and different 2025 mayoral candidates, some Democrat and Republican, who person slammed the three-term governor’s handling of the pandemic arsenic helium makes a comeback bid for City Hall.

“He incorrectly handled the nursing location issues,” helium told reporters astir Cuomo.

“Some radical say, ‘He’s a large manager. Well, helium darn definite managed that situation well,'” Adams said sarcastically.

The mayor’s disapproval came a time aft relatives of nursing location residents who died during the pandemic excoriated Cuomo for his disastrous directive telling the facilities to instrumentality successful COVID-19 patients — a determination immoderate estimates recovered resulted successful the premature deaths of about 15,000 people.

Democratic mayoral candidates Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, Jessica Ramos and Scott Stringer attended the families’ Sunday rally, on with Republican Curtis Sliwa and autarkic Jim Walden.

The politician said helium has been successful interaction with those families, and went further successful criticizing Cuomo’s COVID grounds — which the ex-governor continues to tout, contempt the controversies.

Adams argued determination was a “racial disparity” successful however Cuomo handled the pandemic, from the organisation of idiosyncratic protective instrumentality to the organisation of vaccines.

During the pandemic, galore achromatic and brownish lawmakers — including City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams — argued determination were disparities successful the locations of vaccine and investigating sites crossed the city.

A spokesperson for Cuomo claimed the politician shouldn’t “Monday greeting quarterback” specified issues.

“New Yorkers are smart: they cognize the Mayor is simply a hopeless antheral who is an Agent of Trump, and hopeless men volition bash oregon accidental anything,” said Rich Azzopardi’s, Cuomo’s spokesman.

Adams besides trained occurrence astatine different mayoral challengers, too.

When asked by The Post astir his contention to Jewish leaders past week that an antisemite is moving for mayor, Adams wouldn’t sanction names.

But helium did supply a hint: immoderate campaigner aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America.

Lander, the existent metropolis comptroller, and Mamdani, the Queens authorities Assemblyman whose campaign has seen a caller surge of support, some acceptable that bill.

Lander, for his part, blasted Cuomo connected Monday for drafting run contributions from donors allied with President Trump.

“New York City deserves a Mayor who volition basal up to Trump, not crook the genu similar Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams,” helium said successful a statement.

— Additional reporting by Desheania Andrews and Cecilia Catalini