Overview

• The Siena Research Institute poll, conducted August 10–11, puts Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani at 44% and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo at 25%, with Republican Curtis Sliwa at 12% and independent Eric Adams at 7%.
• Mamdani launched a “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour on August 11 to frame the mayoral contest as a referendum on President Trump and associate his chief rival with the president’s agenda.
• On August 10, Cuomo attacked Mamdani’s $2,300-a-month rent-stabilized Astoria apartment and proposed legislation dubbed “Zohran’s Law” to bar high-income earners from vacant stabilized units, pending state approval.
• At a Tuesday event in Brooklyn, Mamdani criticized Cuomo’s focus on his personal housing arrangement and urged attention to the city’s broader affordability crisis.
• The general election remains fragmented by independent bids from Cuomo and Adams and active interventions by Trump, raising concerns over vote splitting and the impact of outside spending.