NEW YORK -- Days after announcing his intention to stay in the race for New York City mayor as an independent candidate, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke one-on-one with New York ABC station WABC. Cuomo released a video Monday with the formal announcement three weeks after his loss in the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani.

Cuomo is hiring a new social media team and revamping his get-out-the-vote operation. Consultants who advised his primary bid, which he lost to 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani by 12 points, aren’t sticking around for the November race after their contracts ended,