Zohran Mamdani raised $1,051,200 between early July and mid-August, with an average donation of $121 from in- and out-of-state donors. Andrew Cuomo raised $541,301 with an average contribution of $646. Eric Adams raised $425,181 and is barred from receiving matching campaign funds. Curtis Sliwa raised $407,332. Mamdani holds $4.4 million on hand and is eligible for $2.2 million in public matching funds. Polling places Mamdani well ahead of Cuomo by double digits in recent Siena and Decision Desk HQ averages. Mamdani proposes rent freezes, free buses and childcare, city-run grocery stores, and higher taxes on Columbia and NYU to fund colleges and trade schools.
Zohran Mamdani pulled in almost double the funds of his nearest rivals for New York City mayor between early July and mid-August, as the candidates prepare for the crucial post Labor Day push to the November poll. New York's City's campaign finance board said on Saturday that the democratic socialist, who won the Democratic party nomination in June against former state governor Andrew Cuomo, raised $1,051,200, with an average donation of $121 recorded equally from donors in and outside the state.
Mamdani's fundraising dominance is mirrored in a polling advantage. Last week, a Siena poll placed him at 19 points ahead of Cuomo, his nearest rival, who is also running as an independent. A 12-poll average from Decision Desk HQ puts Mamdani ahead of Cuomo by 13 points. Last week, it was revealed that the anti-billionaire candidate had received a donation of $250,000 to a political action committee from Elizabeth Simons, the daughter of late hedge fund billionaire Jamie Simons.
Mamdani, who has proposed rent freezes on almost a million rent-stabilized apartments in the city, free buses and childcare, city-run grocery stores, and elevated taxes on Columbia and New York University to subsidize city colleges and trade schools, has been consistently ahead in fundraising over rivals. In March, he asked his campaign's grassroots supporters to stop donating, and directed his primary campaign staff to encourage supporters' focus to volunteering efforts.
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