‘SNL’ mocks the New York mayoral debate with Miles Teller as Andrew Cuomo

Miles Teller portrayed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on “Saturday Night Live,” which poked fun at the New York City mayoral debate.

“You all know me. I got us through COVID and then yada yada yada, honk, honk, pinch, pinch,” Cuomo said of Teller, miming a pinching motion with his hands in reference to Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations. “Anyway, I’m back. I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I love it here. I know this city like the back of a woman.”

The segment also featured Ramy Youssef and Shane Gillis as Cuomo’s fellow mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, respectively. During the cold open, Teller’s Cuomo and Gillis’ Sliwa repeatedly butchered Mamdani’s name, at one point also calling him “Zoltar Rob Zombie.”

Kenan Thompson, who played the debate moderator, asked the candidates, “You all want to be mayor of New York City. So my question is, why would you want the worst job in the world?”

“As we all know, as soon as you get elected mayor, everyone in town immediately hates you. And that way I’m already one step ahead of the competition,” Teller’s Cuomo responded.

The Cold Open parodied several moments from the New York mayoral debate, including Sliwa’s random anecdotes, such as his story about how he was shot multiple times in a yellow cab.

When asked what their message was to undecided voters, Youssef’s Mamdani looked directly into the camera as hearts floated around him and said, “My message is this: Hey girl, I know you got a little white guilt for gentrifying that Hispanic neighborhood. Why don’t you vote for me? You’ll feel a little less bad if that chicken-and-rice shop gets turned into a Sweetgreen. Why don’t you beat me at the ballot box, girl?”

“Mr. Mamdani, you have been warned that this is not the forum for your TikTok-ery,” Thompson responded.

At the end of the segment, Thompson asked the candidates, “What do you think is the biggest issue you will face as mayor?”

James Austin Johnson then appeared as President Donald Trump and shouted, “It’s me!”

Johnson’s Trump later said: “I may not live in New York anymore. But I’m always watching – lurking in the shadows. Just like the late, great Phantom of the Opera. Terrible what happened to him in the field of opera and in regards to being burned by a chandelier. Maybe I’ll add the mayor of New York to my to-do list.”

Watch the full clip below.