Yeah I really cannot see Cuomo pulling a victory. If you count the votes for the other progressive candidates towards him, he won overwhelmingly. And he even had pacts with one or two candidates to endorse eachother and encourage their voters to go for the other if one lost or won the primary. The only way he would lose, IMO, is if he keeps capitulating to the Dems. It doesn't matter what his actual policies are, the public is not going to dig into all of that (unfortunately). They want stump speeches, and what he was giving is what won everyone over. If he keeps backtracking publicly in order for his secret Maoist plan to come to fruition, people will not give a shit about that strategy. People vote for Trump because he's a brand, he's "funny", he is a bully and he shakes shit up, not really because they understand his real policies or intention at all. Americans want sensationalism.

I don't live in NYC. If I did, I would vote for him, it would be very interesting to see how it all plays out and I'd be overjoyed if he made big changes. But I think for some folks they are being a bit myopic right now which is understandable, but like you said, there are many things to which we still need to pay attention to, and he won't be the solution to things globally. I hope that people won't feel like they can rest of their laurels if he does get elected

Sorry that was way longer of a comment than I expected.