With Adams out, Cuomo gains ground in NYC mayor's race. But Mamdani still leads.

"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's poll in September, before Adams had dropped out. Cuomo and Adams are both registered Democrats who secured independent ballot lines. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa held steady at 15% in the latest poll."

""The numbers changed but the contours of the race haven't," Mary Snow, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement. Cuomo picked up Adams' supporters, Snow said, "but Mamdani's frontrunner status by double digits stays intact.""

""The path is now clear: This is a two-person race between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani," Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said. "As voters learn more about the sta"

A Quinnipiac University poll conducted in early October shows Zohran Mamdani leading with 46% of likely New York City voters and Andrew Cuomo at 33%, up from 23% in September after Mayor Eric Adams dropped his re-election bid. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa remains at 15%. Cuomo and Adams are both registered Democrats who secured independent ballot lines, and Cuomo appears to have picked up many Adams supporters. Mamdani would be the city's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor if elected. The poll was released roughly a month before the Nov. 4 election and ahead of early voting.

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