Overview

• Andrew Cuomo announced on July 14 that he will continue his campaign for New York City mayor as an independent after his Democratic primary loss to Zohran Mamdani.
• He proposed that all non-Mamdani candidates commit by mid-September to rally around whichever challenger polls best against the progressive front-runner.
• A recent Manhattan Institute poll shows Mamdani leading the November field with 40 percent support while Cuomo stands at 24 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 15 percent and Curtis Sliwa at 14 percent.
• The general election is shaping up as a four-way contest pitting Mamdani’s democratic socialist platform against Cuomo’s experience and two other independent and Republican bids.
• Only 13 percent of registered Democrats voted in the June primary, intensifying concerns about turnout heading into the general election.