Overview

• Fresh polling shows Zohran Mamdani holding a durable double‑digit advantage over Andrew Cuomo, including a 24‑point Beacon/Shaw result, a 21‑point Fox‑cited survey, and a 13‑point Quinnipiac finding.
• Andrew Cuomo labeled Republican Curtis Sliwa a spoiler on WABC radio, arguing a vote for Sliwa effectively helps Mamdani and asserting Sliwa cannot win in a heavily Democratic city.
• Curtis Sliwa rejected calls to exit, saying Democrats must “get [their] own votes,” criticizing Cuomo and billionaire Bill Ackman, and noting he will remain on the ballot as early voting begins Oct. 25 with a final debate Wednesday.
• Mamdani faced new blowback over a photo with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, identified by prosecutors in 1993 as an unindicted co‑conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing; pressed Sunday, Mamdani declined to comment.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he has not endorsed and will meet Mamdani this week, even as Governor Kathy Hochul has backed him and his affordability‑focused platform of a rent freeze, free buses, universal childcare, and city‑run groceries.