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Cuomo rips Mamdani’s freebie ‘fantasy,’ says AOC proved socialism fails after killing NYC Amazon deal
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminded business leaders on Wednesday that socialism already failed New York City when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and progressive activists rallied against Amazon’s plan to build a headquarters in Queens.
During Crain’s New York Business mayoral forum Wednesday morning, less than one month away from Election Day, Cuomo railed against the threat that Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s policies pose to the city’s economy.
«We are not socialists,» Cuomo said. «We all saw the foreshadowing of the danger of this philosophy when we lost the Amazon project in Queens and 50,000 jobs due to socialist opposition.»
Cuomo told business leaders New York City is at a crossroads — it will either «decline dramatically» under Mamdani or «pivot and actually see a rebirth.»
CUOMO CALLS NYC MAYORAL RIVAL ‘DANGEROUS,’ WARNS SOCIALISM WOULD BE ‘DEATH KNELL’ FOR CITY
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right) criticized Zohran Mamdani’s (left) policies, telling business leaders that socialism already failed New York City when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (center) and progressive leaders rejected Amazon’s plan to open a headquarters in Long Island City. (Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital; J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo; Al Drago/Getty Images)
«My opponent’s proposal to provide free everything funded by raising taxes is pure ideological fantasy,» Cuomo said during his opening remarks.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S POLICIES ‘WON’T WORK’ IN NEW YORK, ANDREW CUOMO ARGUES
And Cuomo is pointing to one consequential business flop as proof that socialism has no place in the capitalist capital.
«We are a financial and commercial capital. We are a regulated capitalist economy,» Cuomo said, clearly criticizing Mamdani’s self-identified «Democratic socialist» policies and distaste for capitalism.
During his tenure as governor, Cuomo courted Amazon to build its second headquarters in New York, personally urging founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to choose Long Island City and offering billions in state and city incentives, along with infrastructure and workforce commitments to seal the deal.
But the deal was met with mounting backlash from community activists and progressive lawmakers, such as Ocasio-Cortez, who rejected the estimated $2.5 billion in incentives for Amazon.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally in New York City on May 1, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/AP Photo)
«Now what I DON’T want is for our public funds to be funding freebie helipads for Amazon+robber baron billionaires,» Ocasio-Cortez wrote in 2018, «all while NYCHA and public schools go underfunded & mom+pops get nowhere near that kind of a break.»
In 2019, Amazon announced they had decided that «after much thought and deliberation» not to move forward with their plan to build headquarters in Long Island City in Queens.
«A number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City,» Amazon shared in a statement.
Alfredo Ortiz, CEO of Job Creators Network, told Fox News at the time that Ocasio-Cortez’s «reckless scuttling of the Amazon deal cannot be overstated.»
«Not only did AOC cost New York 25,000 good-paying jobs, she sent a message to job creators everywhere that they were no longer welcome in her city,» he said.
Amazon had anticipated creating at least 25,000 jobs in Long Island City, with the governor’s office projecting the potential growth to 40,000 jobs over 15 years.
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters at a canvass launch event in Prospect Park on Aug. 17, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
During Mamdani’s remarks at the business forum on Wednesday, the socialist candidate quoted Bezos, whom he described as «a man whose tax burden I would love to significantly raise.»
«Jeff once said — not to me personally, but in public — ‘You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.’ And make no mistake, my friends: when I am mayor, this city is going to innovate,» Mamdani told the room of New York City business leaders.
But Mamdani’s plans to raise taxes on corporations and the top 1% of New Yorkers to pay for ambitious campaign promises, like free buses, free childcare and city-run grocery stores, have triggered skepticism among the business community.
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Cuomo, in particular, has seized on that skepticism in the race for Gracie Mansion, telling business leaders on Wednesday that «now is the moment for New York City to regain the crown as the greatest city on the globe.»
Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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Ambassador Waltz: No one will be left behind in Gaza
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss efforts to return American bodies still being held by Hamas, drug boat strikes off Venezuela and why the U.S. is a ‘hard no’ on the U.N.’s global carbon tax proposal.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the U.N. that President Trump’s historic Middle East peace plan is «the only way forward» as he negotiates a resolution that would codify the Trump administration’s Gaza deal in the international body in a way that is «fully consistent with an America First agenda.»
Fox News Digital spoke exclusively to Waltz after he convened partners and allies to discuss the United States’ intention to present a resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Gaza.
The resolution will endorse the Board of Peace, set parameters for Gaza’s transitional governance and launch the International Stabilization Force outlined in the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan.
MIKE WALTZ SEES TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN AS ‘ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz (Getty Images)
«Only President Trump has the ability to bring all sides together, just as he did at Sharm El-Sheik,» Waltz told Fox News Digital. «He’s the only person who can truly bridge the divides between the Israelis, the Palestinians and others in the region.»
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Waltz said the president’s plan is «the best chance for real peace in the Middle East in a generation.»
«And, frankly, it’s a real test for the United Nations — to step up, support the president’s plan and start implementing it,» Waltz told Fox News Digital.
«We’ve seen the death and destruction the war in Gaza caused,» Waltz said. «If we can rally the international community to come together and resolve it using the tools of the U.N., that’s absolutely the right thing to do, and it’s fully consistent with an America First agenda.
«This process of securing peace in Gaza with a Security Council resolution is really about getting the U.N. back to basics,» Waltz continued. «That’s what we’re calling it — back to basics. It’s about strictly focusing on establishing and keeping peace and, in this case, supporting what the president has already set in motion.»
World leaders, including President Donald Trump and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, pose for a photo at a world leaders summit on ending the Gaza war, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP)
President Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict calls for Gaza to be a de-radicalized, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. It also calls for Gaza to be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza and more.
Under the peace plan, Israeli forces would withdraw from the region, and a temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people of Gaza will be created.
US MILITARY TO OVERSEE NEXT PHASE OF PEACE DEAL FROM COORDINATION BASE IN ISRAEL
That government will be under the oversight of a new international transitional body called the «Board of Peace,» chaired by President Trump and other members and heads of state.
The resolution would essentially make the plan international law, a U.N. source said.
As for timing, a U.N. source told Fox News Digital that negotiations typically take months in the United Nations, but the U.S. Mission is hoping to get this done in «weeks.»
«We are looking to move quickly,» the source said. «The ceasefire is fragile. We don’t want things to fall apart in any way, shape or form. The sooner we get this resolution done, the sooner countries can begin contributing troops to the stabilization force.»
U.S. President Donald Trump poses with a signed agreement during a world leaders summit focused on ending the Gaza war in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13. (Suzanne Plunkett/Getty Images)
The source also told Fox News Digital that representatives from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Qatar — not members of the Security Council — presented the resolution with Waltz and the U.S. Mission to the broader Security Council.
«We think that’s really strong,» the source said. «This is about getting humanitarian aid in, stabilizing, governing and rolling up our sleeves and getting to work and having the international community pay for it.»
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The source said the resolution would create a mechanism, led by Jared Kushner, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that would ensure «the dollars are going to be used efficiently with a private sector mentality in mind.»
Rubio has said the Trump administration is «seeing things we never thought we’d see before, like the number of countries willing to participate in this effort, be it through money or personnel, or both or expertise.
«We’ve never seen this sort of international cohesion behind something,» Rubio said. «So, we have to be pursuing those opportunities because they’re really great, historic and important.»
Meanwhile, the source said the U.S. is «in the thick of negotiations» but is «moving lightening-fast by U.N. terms.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens to a question as he speaks to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel Oct. 24, 2025. (Getty Images)
«They do not want to be part of opposing the best chance we’ve had for peace in a generation,» the source said. «And they don’t want to play the part of bureaucratizing and then being responsible for the fighting resuming.»
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The president has described the peace plan as «the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region.»
«I believe that so strongly,» Trump said of the plan. «This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.»
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Canadian spy chief warns of alarming rise in teen terror suspects, ‘potentially lethal’ threats by Iran
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Daniel Rogers, during a rare public appearance Thursday, said nearly one in 10 of the agency’s terrorism investigations include at least one person under the age of 18, an alarming trend driven by online extremism.
Since 2014, there have been nearly two dozen violent extremist attacks in Canada resulting in 29 deaths and at least 60 injuries, according to Rogers.
Worryingly, he said, nearly one in ten terrorism investigations at CSIS, the country’s domestic spy agency, include at least one «subject of investigation» under the age of 18.
In August, a minor was arrested in Montreal for allegedly planning an attack on behalf of the terrorist group Daesh, according to Rogers.
Dan Rogers, a national security and intelligence advisor, made a rare speech Thursday. (Reuters/Blair Gable/File Photo)
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Just a few months earlier, a 15-year-old Edmonton-area minor was charged with a terrorism-related offense, after Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators feared the teen would commit serious violence related to COM/764, a transnational violent online network that manipulates children and youth across widely accessible online platforms.
Rogers also noted two 15-year-olds were arrested in Ottawa for allegedly conspiring to conduct a mass casualty attack targeting the Jewish community in Canada’s capital in late 2023 and early 2024.
«Clearly, radicalized youth can cause the same harms as radicalized adults, but the societal supports for youth may help us catch radicalization early and prevent it,» Rogers said. «These tragic numbers would have been higher if not for disruptive actions taken by CSIS and our law enforcement partners.»
Multiple attacks over the last year were intercepted by Canadian authorities, officials said. (Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)
The CSIS joined the RCMP and intelligence partners from the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in releasing a joint public report in December, highlighting the evolving issue of young people and violent extremism.
The report provides advice to parents, guardians and others with information to help them identify early concerns and address youth radicalization before it’s too late.
«Since 2022, CSIS has been involved in the disruption of no fewer than 24 violent extremist actions, each resulting in arrests or terrorism peace bond charges,» Rogers said. «In 2024, CSIS played an integral role in the disruption of two Daesh-inspired plots.
«In one case, a father and son were allegedly in the advanced stages of planning an attack in the Toronto area. In another, an individual was arrested before allegedly attempting to illegally enter the United States to attack members of the Jewish community in New York. In these examples, and in many others I can’t discuss publicly, our counter-terrorism teams have partnered with law enforcement and saved lives.»
Canadian officials said they also blocked potentially ‘lethal threats’ by Iran. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency)
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He attributed the radicalization to «eroding social cohesion, increasing polarization and significant global events,» which he said «provide fertile ground for radicalization.»
«Many who turn to violence radicalize exclusively online, often without direction from others,» Rogers said. «They use technology to do so secretly and anonymously, seriously challenging the ability of our investigators to keep pace and to identify and prevent acts of violence.»
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Rogers also noted the CSIS collects intelligence and defends against transnational repression, previously focusing on transnational repression by the People’s Republic of China, India and others.
«In particularly alarming cases over the last year, we’ve had to reprioritize our operations to counter the actions of Iranian intelligence services and their proxies who have targeted individuals they perceive as threats to their regime,» he said. «In more than one case, this involved detecting, investigating and disrupting potentially lethal threats against individuals in Canada.»
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