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Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for mayor in the June primary.<\/p>\n
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n
A new poll in the NYC Mayor\u2019s race<\/a> released Friday showed that Assembly Member and Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) leads the field among registered Jewish voters.<\/p>\n The poll<\/a>, conducted by GQR with Jewish advocacy organization New York Solidarity Network (NYSN), surveyed 800 Jewish voters and determined that 37% support Mamdani\u2019s candidacy, while 25% support Mayor Eric Adams, 21% support former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and 14% support Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. The poll has a margin of error of +\/- 3.46%.<\/p>\n Though Mamdani seems to have plurality support, the survey found that there remains a great deal of mistrust among Jewish voters over whether he can adequately support and defend them as mayor.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n NYSN, aiming to examine the sentiments of Jewish voters in a uniquely heated<\/a> race for City Hall, also found in its poll that 58% of Jewish voters worry that New York City would be less safe for Jews if Mamdani were elected mayor. Moreover, more than half of surveyed Jewish voters (51%) said they believe Mamdani is antisemitic.<\/p>\n NYSN Director Sara Forman said the organization \u201creally wanted to try to understand where Jewish voters are in this moment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n One of Forman\u2019s main takeaways from the poll was that Israel is \u201cnot a wedge issue for Jews as much as it\u2019s being portrayed by other surveys that not they weren\u2019t nearly as comprehensive as this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw overwhelmingly, 66% of all of those surveyed, still consider themselves to be pro-Israel, even in this moment,\u201d Forman said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a very important takeaway.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani has faced criticism for his refusal<\/a> to outright condemn the phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada,\u201d which some hear as a call to violence against Jewish people and others hear as a call for Palestinian liberation. The Assembly member has also been critical of Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid Israel\u2019s war in Gaza \u2014 stances that have led some to accuse the 33-year-old democratic socialist of antisemitism.<\/p>\n In response to such accusations, Mamdani has emphasized his dedication to meeting with Jewish community leaders, engaging in discourse, and protecting New Yorkers against hate and discrimination.\n<\/p>\n \u201cZohran holds the support of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers who trust him to make this city more affordable and to protect their safety,\u201d Mamdani spokesperson Jeffrey Lerner wrote in a statement to amNewYork. \u201cThey\u2019re also tired of seeing Jewish suffering be cynically exploited for personal gain from the likes of Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams. Zohran remains committed to meeting with Jewish elected officials and community leaders, and hearing from Jewish New Yorkers directly in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n Cuomo has continued to raise concerns about Mamdani\u2019s track record on Israel, and Adams has said that Mamdani\u2019s rhetoric is antisemitic. With little support left in the Democratic party, Adams is running as an independent in November on the \u201cEndAntisemitism\u201d party line.<\/p>\n Antisemitism a key issue\u00a0<\/p>\n The NYSN poll found that three in four Jewish voters are concerned about antisemitism in New York City \u2014 42% of those surveyed think it is a \u201csomewhat serious problem\u201d while 32% think it is a \u201cvery serious problem.\u201d Meanwhilek, 63% of those surveyed said they think the phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada,\u201d commonly chanted at pro-Palestinian protests, is antisemitic.<\/p>\n Though most of those surveyed said they think antisemitism is a problem, the majority also said that local issues \u201clike crime and affordability\u201d are more important than Israel and antisemitism in the upcoming general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n The poll found that among those surveyed who support Mamdani, the greatest driving factors are his commitments to tax the rich, increase access to affordable housing, and \u201cfocus more on mental health officers rather than police to stop crime before it happens.\u201d Seventeen percent of Jewish Mamdani supporters said his \u201cposition on Israel, Palestinians and the War in Gaza\u201d is a top-three factor in their decision to vote for him.<\/p>\n