Overview

• Recent Data for Progress polling places Mamdani at 40 percent support compared with Cuomo’s 25 percent, Adams’s 15 percent and Republican Curtis Sliwa’s 14 percent
• Former governor Andrew Cuomo officially launched an independent bid on July 14 and proposed that all trailing candidates pledge to drop out by mid-September to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote
• Mamdani’s Washington visit on July 16 included strategy sessions with progressive icons to strengthen backing among national Democrats
• President Trump has labeled Mamdani a "Communist Lunatic" and urged for his citizenship to be revoked as part of a national campaign against socialist candidates
• The entry of Cuomo, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and other independent candidates has fragmented the moderate vote and raised stakes for consolidation efforts