Andrew Cuomo is the heavy favorite to be elected New York City’s next mayor. But the primary, with less than one month to go, is not quite over yet.

The former governor, who resigned in disgrace in 2021, led the Democratic field with 35 percent of first-place votes, according to the latest Emerson poll. In second was Zohran Mamdani , the 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist. The ranked-choice voting simulation showed Cuomo, who served for more than a decade, beating Mamdani by only eight points.

It’s a reminder of how beatable Cuomo may still be — and how the rest of the candidates have failed, so far at least, to make the primary more competitive. The third-place contender, City Comptroller Brad Lander, won just 11 percent of first-place votes, which is on par wit

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