Might get him through the primary, but Adams and de Blasio both tried the “national press/ideological press only” tact — the daily weight and responsibility of the mayoralty and the aggressiveness of Room 9 put the kibosh on both in the span of ~a year.
Won't be an issue for Mayor Sliwa.
I suspect the reason why Cuomo's political enemies in Albany haven't gone all out to stop him is because they'd rather have him tied down at City Hall with his standing being ground to dust instead of trying to make it back to the Governor's office.
Cuomo would be less popular than Eric Adams by 2026. We would take bets on who is ousted first, Cuomo or Trump