“Corrupt egomaniac.” “Creep.” Fake New Yorker. “Remorseless bully.” Jessica Ramos hasn’t exactly been kind to her mayoral opponent Andrew Cuomo in recent months. So it was a shock to New York’s political class, and even caught some of her top advisers off guard, when she announced Friday she was endorsing him for mayor.

The decision by Ms. Ramos, a state senator from Queens, is at odds with her frequent criticism of Andrew M. Cuomo, including comments questioning his “mental acuity.”

Ramos endorsed Andrew Cuomo the day after AOC endorsed Zohran Mamdani and two days after a debate between the nine Democratic candidates​.