Mamdani Cuts Into Cuomo’s Lead In Mayoral Race: New Poll Finds

NEW YORK CITY — Zohran Mamdani has continued to gain momentum and cut into Andrew Cuomo's lead in the Democratic mayoral primary, according to a new Marist College poll released on Wednesday.

Mamdani has cut Cuomo's lead nearly in half from just a month ago by garnering more progressives and Latino voters, according to Marist.

After seven rounds of ranked-choice voting contest, Cuomo is still the expected frontrunner with 55 percent to 45 percent against Mamdani.

Those are slightly improved figures for Mamdani, compared to Marist's poll in May, where Cuomo led Mamdani 60 percent to 40 percent.

A notable change in the poll was Mamdani gaining more support among Latino voters, jumping to 41 percent from just 20 percent last month.

Cuomo’s support with Latino voters dipped to 36 percent, from 41 percent, according to the poll.

The poll also found that the former governor is the first-choice candidate of 38 percent of likely Democratic primary voters. Mamdani comes in second with 27 percent, up from 18% last month.

Eleven percent of likely voters are still undecided on who their first-rank choice will be.

The Bronx remains the borough with the strongest support for Cuomo, with 49 percent. Cuomo also leads in Queens/Staten Island, where he receives 44 percent.

Cuomo's support in Manhattan has increased to 41 percent from 32 percent in May.

Mamdani's best borough is Brooklyn, where he has 36 percent, an 11-point increase from last month.

The survey of 1,350 likely Democratic voters was conducted from June 9-12, before the two mayoral debates.

The poll shows Brad Lander and Adrienne Adams a distant third and fourth place, with about 7 percent of the vote.

The poll found Scott Stringer with 4 percent of the vote. State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Michael Blake, a former assemblyman, each got 2 percent.

You can read the full poll findings here.