A Big Apple mayoral candidate forum turned ugly for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday night when a mob of angry protesters ambushed the stage and chanted, “Cuomo lies, people die.”
The disgraced pol, who resigned from the governor’s office in 2021 following a slew of scandals, was answering a question about public safety at the Black Agenda’s Democratic mayoral forum at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn when a horde of demonstrators funneled into the auditorium and stormed the stage.
The stunt, which elicited audible groans from the audience, only lasted for a few moments before the NYPD attempted to wrangle the agitators and escort them out of the building.
“Cuomo lies, people die,” protesters chanted as cops intervened.
Another person screamed, “F–k you, Cuomo!” during the chaotic scene.
Cuomo, 67, remained on stage as demonstrators surrounded him — and at one point stood up to shake the hands of a few attendees who offered him words of support.
The City Hall frontrunner brushed off the incident as political theater and resumed the event, quipping that there’s always “drama” in politics.
“They want to play political games,” he said.
“That’s part of the problem in this system, right? Too much politics, not enough substance, not enough discussion,” Cuomo continued, later touting his achievements in office during a news interview.
“I’ve been HUD secretary, attorney general and governor for 11 years. These issues are contentious, and people have different opinions, and God bless. You know, I don’t know that there is a major project that I have taken on where there wasn’t differences of opinion.”
The ex-governor has been fiercely criticized over his administration’s disastrous March 2020 decision to send infected COVID-19 patients into nursing homes — which resulted in as many as 15,000 deaths — during the worst period of the killer pandemic.
Cuomo, who has long disputed allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women, was also accused of undercounting the nursing home death toll by as much as 50%.
Henry Butler, who led the forum, slammed those who interrupted the otherwise sleepy event.
“One of the issues and problems with the Democratic Party, who claim to be a big tent party, is that if you don’t have a certain view, then they try to shut you down,” Butler said.
“And I think it’s a disgrace when I see a bunch of young, white progressive types (come into our space). Do not tell us who we should vote for, we can think for ourselves, we are educated.”
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