Andrew Cuomo Banking on Pro-Israel Bet to Quash Zohran Mamdani Surge

Ryan GrimMay 27, 2025Story by Theodore Hamm

"New polling from the campaign of Zohran Mamdani has the the democratic socialist surging closer to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming NYC mayoral primary. In the first round of ranked-choice voting, Cuomo leads him 40-27 percent, a lead that becomes 56-44 when the tabulations are finished. A poll of Jewish voters in NewYork finds 31% backing Cuomo and 20% siding with Mamdani. Cuomo’s relatively narrow lead among Jewish voters complicates his effort to paint Mamdani as antisemitic. "