Andrew Cuomo attributed his defeat in the mayoral election to Curtis Sliwa, claiming Sliwa acted as a spoiler and labeling him a "total fraud for decades" while targeting attacks at Cuomo instead of Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.Cuomo said if Sliwa had dropped out, he would have likely won against Mamdani, who won with 50.4% to Cuomo's 41.6%, as Sliwa finished with 7.1%.