Cuomo Backers Dumped $87 Per Vote Into a Losing Cause — and Some Donors Are Now Vowing to Spend More

Cuomo Backers Dumped $87 Per Vote Into a Losing Cause — and Some Donors Are Now Vowing to Spend More

The collapse of Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for City Hall did not come cheap. Between the $5.5 million his campaign spent and the $26 million that came from generously funded independent expenditure committees that supported him or attacked his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani, his losing effort came to $87 per vote. Mamdani, by contrast, spent $6 million from his campaign but got far less support ($1.8 million) from independent expenditure committees su…