Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo touted his decades in power during his mayoral campaign.
Cuomo criticizes the inexperience of likely next mayor Zohran Mamdani, but he himself started in politics at nineteen, managing his father's mayoral campaign in 1977.
He had been inflicting his forceful, recalcitrant politicking upon New York for nearly half a century by the time he resigned in 2021 amid accusations of sexual harassment and abuse of power.
Author's summary: Andrew Cuomo's long political career.