In an interview with NY1, mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo weighed in on Mayor Eric Adams' decision to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to open an office in Rikers Island.

"I just don’t trust ICE, and I've worked with them before," Cuomo said.

"I especially don't trust ICE in this administration, period, full stop," he added. "I just frankly wouldn't trust that they would live up to their representation."

Cuomo spoke with NY1 in Harlem Sunday afternoon after visiting First Corinthian Baptist Church and Melba's Restaurant.

During the church service, Cuomo called President Donald Trump a bully. Speaking with NY1 Cuomo insisted he can stand up to Trump and resist federal policies that would hurt New York City.

"We really have to worry because he's going to come to cut the budget for the city and the state," Cuomo said. 

"He's going to want to do a tax cut for the rich, he's going to need to find the money for that tax cut, and he's going to find that money from blue cities," he added.

Serving as mayor of New York City requires close collaboration with the governor. When Cuomo was governor, Kathy Hochul served as his lieutenant governor, but by the end of his time in Albany, their relationship had soured. 

Cuomo contends he and Hochul now have a shared agenda.

"New York City has to thrive, and the governor gets that, and I know that," he said.

"I've had a personal relationship with her for many years," Cuomo added. "We worked together for many years. So that relationship, I believe, will be productive."

During his visit to First Corinthian Baptist Church, Cuomo unveiled his plan to build or preserve half a million units of affordable housing. The plan for calls collaboration with faith-based communities and a different approach to NYCHA.

"We have to go back to the Public Housing Authority, the NYCHA units," Cuomo said. "There are many cities that are advanced from where we are, where they are, rebuilding the public housing stock on site and building additional units."