Overview

• Former Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that he will continue his mayoral campaign as an independent after his 56%–44% defeat by Zohran Mamdani in the June Democratic primary.
• Cuomo secured the independent “Fight and Deliver” ballot line and released a video declaring “I am in it to win it.”
• He proposed that all non-progressive contenders pledge to consolidate behind the leading anti-Mamdani candidate by mid-September or withdraw from the race.
• Recent polls show Mamdani leading with about 40% support, Cuomo at 24%, Mayor Eric Adams at 15% and Republican Curtis Sliwa at 14%.
• The four-way contest raises concerns about vote splitting as centrists and Republicans vie to challenge Mamdani’s progressive agenda.