Overview

• Zohran Mamdani has shifted his general-election strategy by touring each borough to denounce President Trump and frame the mayor’s race as an act of resistance.
• During the tour, he accused Trump of cutting Medicaid for more than 1 million New Yorkers and slashing funding for food stamps and housing programs.
• Michael Goodwin and other conservative commentators argue that attacking the president jeopardizes New York’s ability to secure federal housing, transit and public safety funding.
• A July poll found Mamdani leading by double digits in the five-way contest with support from over half of likely voters and 85 percent of young men.
• The presence of independent bids from Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams alongside GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa heightens concerns that nationalizing the race could exacerbate vote splitting and strategic fallout.