New York City mayoral race: Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, poll shows

Poll says 44% of voters for Mamdani and 25% for Cuomo as Elise Stefanik chips away at Hochul's lead in governor race

The closely watched New York mayoral and governor's races appear to be forming into shapes that will bring little comfort to centrist Democrats, with elections happening in November this year in New York City and the gubernatorial vote a year later.

A new Siena Institute poll released on Tuesday shows New York City's Democratic socialist mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, leading former New York governor Andrew Cuomo by 19 percentage points - while the Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik is chipping away at incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul's lead in a hypothetical contest for the New York governor's mansion in 2026.