New York state Assemblyman and socialist Zohran Mamdani trailed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo by less than 9 points after the final round of ranked choice voting in a recent New York City Democratic primary poll.
The poll, an Emerson-PIX11-Hill survey, is the closest result for Mamdani, or any other candidate, against front-runner Cuomo. It’s also a continuation of Mamdani’s polling momentum, as this survey followed a poll in which he trailed Cuomo by 12 points in the final round.
The survey comes days after the Justice Department announced it is investigating Cuomo over allegations that he lied in a congressional hearing about decisions he made during the COVID-19 pandemic. His campaign then released an ad that said, “If Donald Trump doesn’t want Andrew Cuomo as mayor, you do.”…