Despite stepping down as governor in 2021 amid scandal, Cuomo is seeking a political comeback, positioning himself as a solution to the city’s most pressing issues.

The three-term Democrat, who officially announced his mayoral bid Saturday after months of public hemming and hawing, also has been accused of significantly undercounting the true number of COVID nursing deaths — while penning a $5 million pandemic memoir detailing how he and his administration confronted the pandemic.