In the poll by Slingshot Strategies, first reported by the New York Post, Mamdani has 36 percent of the vote compared to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's 27 percent and current New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 14 percent. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa landed 16 percent of the vote and independent candidate Jim Walden received 2 percent.

Andrew Cuomo’s independent bid to become mayor of New York City received encouragement from an unlikely source on Tuesday ― longtime political rival President Donald Trump. When asked by a reporter about Cuomo’s decision to run,