Joe Borelli, who served more than nine years as a councilman, sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss the standings of the race as sitting mayor\u00a0Eric Adams<\/a>, former New York governor\u00a0Andrew Cuomo, and Republican candidate\u00a0Curtis Sliwa\u00a0all linger in the field against Mamdani and his openly socialist agenda.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The race is not even close to over,” Borelli told Fox. “We’ll see the first set of polls after Labor Day, sometime around September 10th, September 11th, and that’s when you’ll really see the race take shape.\u00a0<\/p>\n MEET MAMDANI’S RADICAL ADVISORY CIRCLE THAT INCLUDES COMMUNIST ACTIVIST, ANTI-ISRAEL ADVOCATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani responded to reporters’ questions about the protesters outside his anti-Trump event on Staten Island.\u00a0 (Deirdre Heavey\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n “That’s when I do think there’ll be some pressure for perhaps one or two of the candidates to step aside and support the others,” Borelli added.<\/p>\n Cuomo, who lost in the Democratic primary upset defeat to Mamdani in June,\u00a0was reportedly “counting on”<\/a> President Trump to push GOP voters in New York City to support the former governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cuomo’s campaign\u00a0denied the rumors to Fox News Digital<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n Borelli noted that\u00a0President Donald Trump<\/a> convincing Sliwa and Adams to drop out of the race could be beneficial for Cuomo, but that an official endorsement may do more harm than good.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Trump could help Cuomo by helping the other two non-Mamdani candidates get out of the race, and that would be impactful,” Borelli told Fox. “Unfortunately, though, even as a Trump supporter, I’d have to admit that the president is not particularly popular amongst the voting block of New Yorkers.”<\/p>\n Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayoral candidate and former New York Governor, speaks during a press conference on August 4, 2025, in New York City (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n MAMDANI SIDESTEPS ‘COMMUNISM’ QUESTION, SAYS HIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT ‘DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n As for Mamdani\u2019s agenda, the socialist has made lofty campaign promises, saying he wants New York City to provide free childcare, free bus transportation, city-owned grocery stores, and freeze rent prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n Borelli\u2019s near-decade spent on the city council leads him to believe that many of these promises simply aren\u2019t possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Mamdani can’t do much of what he’s promising unilaterally,” Borelli told Fox. “The MTA is not running in the black right now, it’s running significantly in the red.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York City Mayor Eric Adams is running for re-election this year.\u00a0 (AP\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/p>\n NYC VOTERS FLOCK TO SOCIALIST-STYLE FREEBIES AS MAMDANI PUSHES RENT FREEZES, CITY-RUN STORES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “[The MTA] always needs more money, so it would be unclear how he could sell the entire MTA board on a program to make buses free when that would cost upwards of one, two, maybe three billion dollars.”<\/p>\n As for Mamdani\u2019s plan to open a city-run grocery store in each of the five boroughs of NYC, sitting\u00a0New York governor Kathy Hochul<\/a> pushed back at the idea at an event in the Hamptons over the weekend.<\/p>\n![\"Zohran](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mamdani-serious-2.png\")
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