Cuomo Narrows Gap With Mamdani Ahead Of NYC Mayoral Election

A new AtlasIntel poll released Saturday shows the New York City mayoral race tightening significantly, as radical socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s lead over former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has shrunk to just 6.6 points — the closest margin recorded since mid-summer.

Mamdani holds 40.6% support, while Cuomo — running as an independent — has surged to 34% just days before Election Day, according to The New York Post.

“The gap is closing fast — we can feel it on the ground everywhere from the Bronx to Staten Island. At this rate, we win the race. Keep going strong,” Cuomo told supporters.

“Six points in this election is nothing,” he added while speaking to voters in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Cuomo attributes the late shift to growing skepticism among voters toward Mamdani’s sweeping socialist proposals — including taxpayer-funded citywide bus rides and government-run grocery stores.

“What has happened is, in the primary, Zohran got away with his TikTok band and a smile,” Cuomo said. “He had his slogans — ‘freeze the rent,’ ‘free buses,’ ‘free food’ — and that was enough. But now people have found out what he’s about.”

“There is no free food, there are no free buses, and he can’t raise corporate taxes statewide and dedicate them to New York City. That can’t happen,” Cuomo continued.

AtlasIntel CEO Andrei Roman said the left-wing lawmaker’s platform is increasingly seen as reckless and destabilizing.

“From not being inspirational to being really hated and terrifying people — that’s a major difference,” Roman said. “That’s what’s happening with Mamdani.”

Roman noted that Cuomo’s ability to win depends on uniting moderate Democrats, independents, and disaffected Republicans.

“I think Cuomo’s chance in this election is to mobilize an anti-Mamdani vote within mostly the moderate Democratic base that supported him in the primary, but also independents and some of Curtis Sliwa’s voters,” Roman explained.

Meanwhile, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa just hit his highest polling level since summer, rising to 24.1%. That marks an increase from 22% in a July HarrisX poll.

The new numbers break sharply from two polls released earlier last week that showed Mamdani enjoying a double-digit lead. A Fox News survey had Mamdani at 47%, Cuomo at 31%, and Sliwa at 15%. Emerson College reported Mamdani at 50%, Cuomo at 25%, and Sliwa at 21%.

RealClearPolitics polling averages still favor Mamdani by 14.5 points overall — but the AtlasIntel survey suggests the dynamic is shifting rapidly.

In a two-way matchup without Sliwa, Cuomo leads Mamdani 50% to 42%.

Analysts say the shift reflects a public backlash against Mamdani’s anti-police record and controversial statements attacking Israel — positions that have alienated moderate Democrats, law enforcement supporters, and New York’s large Jewish voting bloc.

Appearing at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters Saturday, Mamdani dismissed concerns the race was tightening.

“I’m not worried at all,” he said. “I continue to be confident, but I never let that confidence become complacency.”

Cuomo, campaigning in Brighton Beach, told supporters there is “no way” Sliwa could win outright.

“He can only make Zohran Mamdani win,” he warned.

The AtlasIntel survey, conducted Oct. 29–Nov. 1, has a margin of error of three points. Nearly half a million New Yorkers have already cast ballots during early voting — a sharp increase from 2021 turnout levels.

With just days remaining, Mamdani’s once-commanding lead has collapsed into a volatile, high-stakes race likely to be decided at the last minute.