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<\/p>\nThe Quinnipiac University poll comes less than a month from Election Day and just over two weeks before early voting begins in New York City.<\/p>\n
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends re-election campaign<\/p>\n
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended his long-shot bid to run for a second term leading the nation’s largest city.<\/p>\n
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NEW YORK \u2212 Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a> has gained 10 points on Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a> in the race for New York City mayor, but he still trails the 33-year-old state Assembly member by double digits, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n The Quinnipiac University poll<\/a>, released Oct. 9, came just over a week after Mayor Eric Adams dropped his re-election bid<\/a>. Likely New York City voters \u2212 with over 1,000 polled in early October \u2014 had mostly made up their minds on the candidates ahead of the Nov. 4 election.<\/p>\n While Mamdani, a democratic socialist, leads with 46% of likely voters, Cuomo, running as an independent, increased his support to 33%, up from 23% in Quinnipiac\u2019s poll in September, before Adams had dropped out. Cuomo and Adams are both registered Democrats who secured independent ballot lines. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa<\/a> held steady at 15% in the latest poll.<\/p>\n The results showed Mamdani, a democratic socialist<\/a> who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor and its first Asian American mayor, gained just a percentage point from the Sept. 10 poll. But he is still 13 points clear of Cuomo.<\/p>\n \u201cThe numbers changed but the contours of the race haven\u2019t,\u201d Mary Snow, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement. Cuomo picked up Adams\u2019 supporters, Snow said, \u201cbut Mamdani’s frontrunner status by double digits stays intact.\u201d<\/p>\n The poll released nearly a month from Election Day and just over two weeks<\/a> before early voting begins. In the June Democratic primary<\/a>, Mamdani trailed Cuomo for much of the race. Mamdani closed the gap in the final days<\/a> before a decisive victory to clinch the critical nomination in an overwhelmingly Democratic city.<\/p>\n Cuomo\u2019s campaign quickly seized on the poll, saying in a statement the \u201crace is shifting decisively.”<\/p>\n \u201cThe path is now clear: This is a\u00a0two-person race\u00a0between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani,\u201d Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said. “As voters learn more about the stakes and Cuomo\u2019s record of results \u2014 rebuilding LaGuardia, revitalizing the MTA, expanding affordable housing, and keeping New York safe \u2014 they are rallying behind proven leadership.<\/p>\n Nearly three-quarters of likely voters said Cuomo had the right kind of experience to be mayor, the poll found, compared to less than 40% for Mamdani, who was first elected to the state Legislature in 2020.<\/p>\n In a statement, Dora Pekec, a Mamdani campaign spokesperson, pointed to \u201cgenuine enthusiasm\u201d for his campaign, supported by thousands of volunteers against billionaires propping up Cuomo in \u201clast-ditched efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The poll found about 90% of likely Mamdani voters were very or somewhat enthusiastic about their candidate, compared to 69% of likely Cuomo voters saying they were very or somewhat enthusiastic about him.<\/p>\n \u201cZohran is meeting voters every day in all five boroughs, who are ready to turn the page on the broken politics of the past and build a city everyone can afford,\u201d Pekec said.<\/p>\n Hurdles remain for Cuomo<\/p>\n Over half of respondents said they had an unfavorable opinion of Cuomo. About the same number of respondents, 54%, said Cuomo was not ethical. In 2021, Cuomo resigned as governor in disgrace<\/a> amid sexual harassment allegations, which he has denied, and condemnation for his management of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n Another hurdle may be that Adams, who dropped out of the race on Sept. 28, will remain on the ballot as an independent candidate, even if he\u2019s not seeking re-election.<\/p>\n Nearly half of respondents said Mamdani could lower housing costs, compared to just a quarter for Cuomo. Cuomo had an advantage to Mamdani in voters seeing him as growing the city\u2019s economy, at 41% to 35%, respectively.<\/p>\n