Overview

• Recent Siena College polls and betting markets give Mamdani a double-digit lead in the November mayoral contest.
• AIER economist Jason Sorens filed an August 12 complaint asking the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government to investigate whether assistance with his $2,300 apartment qualifies as an improper gift.
• Mamdani’s campaign maintains he moved into the Astoria unit before his 2020 Assembly tenure at a $47,000 salary and was unaware it was rent-stabilized.
• Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has seized on the controversy to propose a means test dubbed “Zohran’s Law,” while rivals including Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa refuse to withdraw from the crowded field.
• Heckling and antisemitic insults have greeted Mamdani at Staten Island events, and prominent Democrats such as Hakeem Jeffries have so far declined to endorse him.