Overview

• At a Wednesday press event, Mayor Eric Adams labeled Zohran Mamdani a “communist” and posted an AI-generated “Camp Zohran” video portraying the city under his agenda.
• Empower NYC, a pro-Adams super PAC, launched six-figure digital ads casting Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo as soft on crime, and an allied group amplified pro-Adams calls to voters.
• Mamdani met again with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Yvette Clarke alongside Brooklyn clergy, but none endorsed him as Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Chuck Schumer also remain noncommittal.
• Multi-candidate polling continues to show Mamdani with a double-digit lead, while a New York Apartment Association–commissioned survey points to much tighter head-to-head scenarios.
• Campaign finance data show Mamdani raised about $1.05 million in July and August with a majority of dollars from out-of-state donors, as his campaign highlights thousands of small contributors and volunteers.