Andrew Cuomos great disappearing act in NYCs mayoral race is yet another sign of his arrogance

Andrew Cuomo is running for New York City mayor, but it feels like he’s running away from New Yorkers.Where the hell is that guy?With early voting now underway ahead of June 24’s Democratic primary, New York’s embattled former governor has barely shown his face, save for two debates and a photo op at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 8.He’s held no real rallies, had no big presence interacting with voters — and he’s been ducking the media like a fugitive avoiding the law.

Cuomo’s built a moat around himself.Remember, this is a former camera magnet who, for 111 days straight during pandemic lockdown, happily hosted his own variety show — I mean press conferences — to the delight of his now disbanded army of Cuomosexuals.He once claimed 59 million people were tuning in.Now the wannabe mayor has disappeared into a cloud of his own arrogance.

He seems so convinced that, despite all of his political scandals, he’s got the Dem nomination in the bag and doesn’t need to lift a finger for it.His entitlement is, frankly, off-putting (and all too familiar).Cuomo’s invisibility has become such a joke that, last week, New York Magazine posted a video with all the Dem hopefuls interviewed over plates of spaghetti and meatballs — except the lone Italian.You see Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander and, of course, the ubiquitous Zohran Mamdani answer questions … then the camera cuts to a cardboard cutout of Cuomo smirking above the caption “declined to respond.”It might as well have been accompanied by cricket sounds.Cuomo is most present in my inbox, where sporadic emails announce endorsements.While he spoke to Al Sharpton’s National Action Network about Donald Trump the bad orange man over the weekend, Cuomo rarely has a public schedule — and his spokesperson hasn’t bothered to respond to my multiple questions about when or if I can see the man in action.Maybe a few months ago, when Cuomo was seen as the only serious contender in the...