Progressive city Comptroller Brad Lander on Thursday declared that he is now in a three-way battle for the Democratic mayoral nomination with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after a panel convened by the New York Times Editorial Board dubbed him the “best overall pick” to be the next mayor.
Lander, during a Thursday morning Manhattan news conference, said he believes the nod of approval from the 15-member group assembled by the Paper of Record’s opinion section “shakes up” a race that has seen Cuomo leading and Mamdani in second place for several weeks.
