By Nayaba Arinde
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As he door knocked in Brooklyn’s 41st District, as he runs for City Council, Jamell Henderson said, “It is like Cuomo has already been mayor during the Covid time. For 4 to 5 weeks, the media watched the then-governor go head-to-head with Mayor Bill de Blasio, holding dual press conference updates. The media turned on Trump because he was not paying attention to what was going on with the pandemic. But Cuomo was calm and confident; he gave assurances and made himself personable.
“The media turned to him for the daily reports, and the people treated him as if he were the mayor.”
Henderson determined that “People are focused on name recognition, but not what they do. They are afraid of voting for someone new to move forward in a new direction.”
Alternatively, Henderson considered, “I believe Speaker Adrienne Adams has the qualifications, but as the presidential election in 2024 showed nationally, is the city ready to elect a woman, especially a BLACK woman?”
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