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In the final days of the mayor’s race, Mr. Cuomo, a lifelong Democrat running as an independent, is courting Republican and disaffected Democratic voters with fear-based appeals and attacks on Mr. Mamdani’s ideology and identity. He has highlighted Mr. Mamdani’s pro-Palestinian positions to woo Jewish voters, questioned his Muslim bona fides among Sunnis, and raised doubts with L.G.B.T.Q. voters. Critics call the strategy divisive; his campaign says voters need the facts. Mr. Cuomo also invoked 9/11 to question Mr. Mamdani’s New York values, stirring echoes of an earlier campaign misstep.

Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.