With Mayor Eric Adams now out of the campaign picture, Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and rival former Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasted little time in laying into one another on Monday.
Adams’ long-anticipated move to abandon his reelection campaign on Sunday could benefit Cuomo, but it may not significantly alter the race dynamic, as Republican nominee and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa remains a factor and could draw moderate, independent and centrist Republican votes away from both candidates.
