Overview

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he will meet Mamdani next week to discuss his affordability-focused agenda after initially withholding endorsement.
• Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo have publicly urged each other to withdraw from the general election to unite the anti-Mamdani vote but neither has stepped aside.
• Tech and finance millionaires—among them James Hueston, Bradley Tusk and Mark Gorton—have formed an unlikely alliance backing Mamdani despite his tax increase proposals.
• The general election field remains splintered, with Mamdani set to face Adams, Cuomo, Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent Jim Walden in November.
• Mamdani’s grassroots campaign has rallied over 20,000 volunteers and small donors for its free bus, rent freeze and universal childcare plans, drawing threats of federal funding cuts from President Trump.