New York, NY — As New Yorkers prepare to vote in the 2025 Mayoral primary, Food & Water Action is urging voters to leave Andrew Cuomo off their ballots. The former governor has a long track record serving corporate polluters — approving fracked gas projects, weakening and delaying climate laws, and doing favors for the powerful real estate interests now backing his campaign.

As governor, Cuomo approved multiple fracked gas power plants and pipeline projects — including the scandal-ridden CPV plant, whose permits were secured through a bribery scheme that landed his top aide and friend Joe Percoco in prison. In 2021, Cuomo fought to override Local Law 97 — New York City’s landmark building emissions law — by allowing landlords to sidestep pollution limits with cheap “renewable energy credits.” The move would have gutted the law and aligned him squarely with the real estate lobby now bankrolling his mayoral bid.

“Andrew Cuomo spent his time as governor putting polluters and profiteers first,” said Eric Weltman, Senior Organizer at Food & Water Action. “He greenlit fracked gas plants, prevented and weakened climate legislation, defunded the MTA, and tried to undermine Local Law 97 to serve his real estate donors. His record makes clear that if he’s elected mayor, he’ll stall climate progress and block urgently needed reforms. New Yorkers deserve a mayor who will oppose the greedy fossil fuel industry and fight for working people — not one bought and paid for by corporate interests.”As a mayoral candidate, Cuomo hasn’t even released a climate platform. His allegiances are to his wealthy campaign donors, not the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. Food & Water Action is calling on voters not to rank Cuomo anywhere on their ballot.