Overview
- Aggregated polling places Zohran Mamdani above 40% with a double-digit lead heading into Tuesday’s election.
- A fresh Atlas Intel poll reports 40.6% for Mamdani, 34% for independent Andrew Cuomo, and 24% for Republican Curtis Sliwa, suggesting a tightening contest.
- Barack Obama spoke with Mamdani for about 30 minutes, praised his campaign, and offered to act as a “super consultant” without issuing a formal endorsement.
- Michael Bloomberg donated $1.5 million to Cuomo’s campaign, strengthening the former governor’s late effort.
- Mamdani’s platform emphasizes a rent freeze, free buses and childcare, and higher taxes on wealthy residents and companies, prompting scrutiny of his executive experience.