New York City mayoral race: Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, poll shows

Poll says 44% of voters for Mamdani and 25% for Cuomo as Elise Stefanik chips away at Hochul’s lead in governor race

The closely-watched New York mayoral and governor’s races appear to be forming into shapes that will bring little comfort to centrist Democrats.

A new Siena Institute poll released on Tuesday shows New York City’s Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani leading former New York governor Andrew Cuomo by 19 percentage points – while Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik is chipping away at incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul’s lead in a hypothetic contest for the New York governor’s mansion in 2026.