Andrew Cuomo’s mental acuity ‘in decline,’ NYC can’t afford another ‘Joe Biden moment,’ mayoral rival says

He’s losing his mind!

New York City can’t spend to elite erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo arsenic Big Apple politician because his “mental acuity is in decline” — and residents can’t spend a “Joe Biden moment” astatine City Hall, a rival for nan Democratic information said.

State Sen. Jessica Ramos made nan stunning declare astir nan 67-year-old Cuomo during a Post editorial committee gathering Thursday.

“I don’t deliberation nan City of New York tin spend a Joe Biden moment. I deliberation that location are existent reasons why he’s not answering questions,” Ramos, referring to nan erstwhile president’s intelligence diminution successful office.

The Queens lawmaker referenced Cuomo’s testimony earlier nan House Subcommittee connected nan Coronavirus Pandemic, wherever he was raked complete nan coals for a arguable administrative edict that ordered nursing homes to judge recovering COVID patients discharged from hospitals and lowballing nan deaths of nursing residents.

“Even erstwhile he went earlier Congress, he conscionable can’t retrieve specifications astir what he did,” Ramos, 39, said.

Republican lawmakers and different critics accused him of lying, which Cuomo denied.  

“His intelligence acuity is successful decline,” Ramos repeated erstwhile The Post edit committee pressed her to explain her bombshell accusation.

Cuomo would beryllium nan oldest politician elected to City Hall since Abe Beame took agency successful 1974.  

She surmised that Cuomo having to “resign successful disgrace” arsenic politician successful 2021 — nether nan threat of impeachment amid intersexual misconduct accusations from a slew of women —  took a toll connected his intelligence wellness and memory. Cuomo has denied nan harassment accusations.

“I ideate having to resign successful ugliness must person really taken a toll on, astatine nan very least, astatine nan very least, his ego, but astir surely his intelligence health,” Ramos said.

Cuomo run spokesperson Richard Azzopardi, asked astir Ramos’s declare that nan erstwhile politician is successful intelligence decline, said, “You tin quote maine rolling my eyes – this is simply a hopeless onslaught from a hopeless utmost near socialist who is successful indebtedness and polling astatine 3 percent.”

“Was she sober erstwhile she said it?,” nan Cuomo rep added.

Asked if Cuomo would return a intelligence competency trial to beryllium his acuity, Azzopardi changeable back, “F–k, off.”

Despite his baggage, the erstwhile thrice-elected politician is nan clear front-runner successful nan Democratic superior for mayor, according to a bid of caller polls.

Left-wing socialist Zohran Mamdani has surged to 2nd place, good down Cuomo, but up of Ramos and each different candidates who’ve grounded to break single-digit support from Democrats successful surveys.

Ramos besides is struggling to raise funds, with a cash balance of $1,039 successful her run kitty, according to nan Campaign Finance Board.

The superior predetermination is June 24, preceded by a week of early voting.

Ramos insisted there’s clip for her to breakthrough, noting that polls bespeak that astir 20% of Democrats person yet to dress up their mind successful nan mayor’s office.

The Iron Workers national earlier this week endorsed her arsenic nan number 2 prime after Cuomo, indicating immoderate support successful nan labour movement.

She chairs nan Senate Labor Committee.

“The 2nd large, information of nan electorate correct now is undecided. There are much undecided voters than those supporting nan DSA candidate. So I want to opportunity that there’s still a very wide lane that personification tin take, and I’m betting connected myself,” Ramos said.

On nan issues, Ramos said she is against Mayor Eric Adams’s determination to let US Immigration Customs and Enforcement entree to nan Rikers Island jailhouse analyzable to accelerate deportations.

“Due process is simply a quality right,” she said, backing nan city’s sanctuary law.

Ramos defended her “defund nan police” connection from 5 years ago, and said she would rein successful bloated spending connected costly overtime and high-tech gizmos for illustration K5 constabulary robots. 

She said nan constabulary crackdown connected activity trafficking and different crime and upset along nan Roosevelt Avenue corridor successful her territory has mostly been a bust.

Her privilege would beryllium going aft nan gangs and quality traffickers.

A girl of Colombian immigrants, she supports dramatically expanding nan number of ineligible permits for thoroughfare vendors.

On education, she opposes authorities to assistance nan headdress connected charter schoolhouse openings successful New York City, saying she would attraction connected improving nan accepted nationalist schools and activity connected a labour statement pinch nan teachers’ national to beforehand recruitment and retention arsenic good arsenic accountability.

She said making it easier for moving people residents to ain a location would beryllium a privilege successful her lodging program.