Overview
- Fresh surveys keep Zohran Mamdani ahead citywide, with Manhattan Institute showing 43%–28%–19% over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, and Suffolk University finding a narrower 44%–34%–11%.
- Early voting set unusual marks for a municipal race, with 165,190 ballots cast in the first two days and reports of more than 223,000 after three days across all five boroughs.
- Eric Adams formally endorsed Cuomo and appeared with him at a Bronx senior center event, as Cuomo cast the race as an intraparty fight and Mamdani’s campaign rejected claims about cutting police or closing jails.
- Campaign finance filings through Oct. 28 show Mamdani has spent about $12.8 million with roughly $4 million on hand, Cuomo $12.1 million with about $900,000 left, and Sliwa $5.1 million.
- Mamdani, a 34-year-old progressive and state assembly member who could become the city’s first Muslim mayor, centers his platform on affordability with a rent freeze for rent‑regulated tenants and a plan to build 200,000 homes.