Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York follows wins by other big-city progressives. Are voters more open to backing progressive stances?

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a commanding 10-point lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral general election, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams trails significantly in fourth place,

The poll results emerge as Cuomo relaunched his campaign as an independent following his primary defeat by Mamdani.

He is not the Democratic nominee. He is an independent. And unlike even the optimistic forecasts for Zohran Mamdani’s victory last month, Cuomo is not campaigning in the wake of any razor-thin margin or ranked-choice-vote calculus that pushed him into a close second. He really came nowhere close to winning.

Days before losing the Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo’s campaign called on the city’s election watchdog to investigate Mamdani over alleged illicit