Overview

• An August 11 survey cited by Newsweek shows Zohran Mamdani at roughly 42%, ahead of Andrew Cuomo at 23%, Curtis Sliwa near 17% and Eric Adams near 9%, with backup-choice data suggesting complex vote transfers under ranked choice.
• Cuomo pressed attacks over Mamdani’s past support for decriminalizing sex work, tying him to Bill de Blasio–era policing, while Mamdani stayed on message about affordability and Adams, also running as an independent, criticized him over the issue.
• Campaign finance data reviewed by the New York Post show outsized small-dollar support from tech workers, including about $40,500 from 260 Google employees through July 11, part of an $816,014 haul from 10,500 donors in late June to mid-July.
• Cuban-born businessman Joseph Hernandez entered the race as an independent calling himself Mamdani’s opposite, reporting about $300,000 raised and pursuing a lawsuit to restore ranked-choice voting in the general election.
• Republicans amplify attacks with Trump labeling Mamdani a “communist” and Sen. John Kennedy saying the GOP has “gotten lucky,” while The Daily Caller reports Cuomo privately sees potential help from Trump to consolidate anti-Mamdani votes and Democrats like Sen. Ruben Gallego urge against intra-party pile-ons.