Overview

• Recent WICK polls place Mamdani at about 39 percent in a four-way general election matchup while he trails Cuomo 41–42 percent in a head-to-head contest.
• He has proposed a standalone Department of Public Safety separate from the NYPD and signaled willingness to adjust his rent-freeze timeline to court moderate voters.
• Republican critics have intensified attacks, labeling him a radical socialist or communist and accusing him of antisemitism over his refusal to explicitly condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada.”
• Mamdani met with business executives at Rockefeller Center and consulted London Mayor Sadiq Khan for advice on shifting his platform toward the center.
• Top Democrats including Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have withheld formal endorsements, leaving his campaign without full establishment backing.