Giambra, a former Democrat who failed to garner much traction with Republican and Conservative Party leaders in the state, left open the possibility of running on the Reform Party ballot line, created in 2014 by then - GOP nominee Rob
Astorino out of opposition to the Common Core education standards.
Mr. Cuomo's aides have long said that they plan to attack Rob
Astorino, the Westchester County executive and Republican candidate for governor, over his
opposition to abortion rights, which they say is
out of step with the position
of the vast majority
of New Yorkers.