Overview
- Polling cited in the coverage shows Zohran Mamdani at roughly 44 percent to Andrew Cuomo’s 34 percent as the race enters its final week.
- President Donald Trump has labeled Mamdani a communist and warned he could cut federal aid to New York if the Democrat wins.
- More than 1,100 rabbis signed a petition opposing what they call the normalization of antizionism, citing Mamdani’s description of the Gaza war as genocide, his refusal to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada,” and his vow to seek Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest if he visits the city.
- Opponents are challenging a campaign anecdote about an aunt who allegedly stopped riding the subway after 9/11 and are spotlighting 2022 academic remarks by Mamdani’s father linking U.S. settler colonialism to Nazi genocide.
- Old comments in which Mamdani called the NYPD racist resurfaced; he apologized on camera and said he wants to work with the department, and reporting notes his support has held despite recent attacks.