Overview

• The New York City Board of Elections certified Zohran Mamdani’s nomination and polls show him leading Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election.
• Independent bids by incumbent Mayor Adams and former Governor Cuomo have splintered the anti-Mamdani vote, reducing the chance of a unified challenger.
• Business PACs and wealthy donors have poured tens of millions into rival anti-Mamdani efforts—including a Bill Ackman-backed New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25 PAC and a Bo Dietl–Rudy Giuliani coalition—yet have not united behind a single challenger.
• Financial records reveal that George Soros’s Open Society Foundations indirectly funneled $37 million to the Working Families Party and allied groups that drove Mamdani’s primary upset.
• Republican campaign arms including the NRCC and NRSC are running ads tying House and Senate Democrats to Mamdani’s democratic socialism even as prominent national Democrats hold off on endorsements.