Exclusive | Bloomberg allies throw support behind Cuomos NYC mayoral bid as ex-gov announces $3.9M campaign fundraising haul

Well-heeled allies of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg are throwing their weight — and their deep pocketbooks — behind Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race, The Post has learned.Cuomo’s campaign announced Friday that it raised a record $3.9 million — and a top source revealed the donors include the former mayor’s daughter Emma Bloomberg, who gave the $2,100 maximum contribution to the ex-governor’s political comeback bid.Bloomberg’s right-hand Kevin Sheekey, who ran the billionaire’s 2020 presidential bid and is a top exec at his namesake media company, also donated to the Cuomo campaign’s kitty, the source said.Thomas Secunda — the billionaire co-founder of Bloomberg LP — gave $40,000 to the pro-Cuomo Super PAC Fix the City, according to the source.“The donations show warmth from the Bloomberg orbit and Mike,” the source said.With anticipated public matching funds, Cuomo will have raised roughly $8.28 million since announcing his campaign on Feb 28.The donations illustrate the growing sense of inevitability swirling around Cuomo’s mayoral run, as well as Bloomberg’s likely misgivings about Israel-bashing state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who has solidified a strong second place standing in the Democratic primary race.Mamdani has been a vocal critic of Israel, to the point many Jewish activists consider antisemitic.The billionaire Bloomberg, by contrast, is a big backer of Israel.He recently donated $44 million to Israel’s nonprofit medical service and this week visited the Charlotte R.

Bloomberg Mother and Child Center, named after his mother, in Jerusalem.Cuomo holds a massive lead in the Democratic mayoral primary of 37%, with the Democratic socialist Mamdani behind with 18%, according to a recent poll.But Mamdani led among voters under age 45 — with 38% compared to 18% for Cuomo, according to the survey by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.The donations to Cuomo are also arguably a blow to Mayor Eric Adams...