With just under six weeks until the Nov. 4 general election, and a little over four weeks until early voting starts, the New York City mayor’s race is in somewhat of a holding pattern.

Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani continues to lead in the polls by double digits, dominating a crowded field of opponents who are splitting the vote three ways.

Two of those contenders, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams , both Democrats running on independent lines, have desperately attempted to chip away at Mamdani’s lead through an endless barrage of attacks, to no avail. What was shaping up to be a potential November nail-biter is now looking like a fait accompli, according to some experts. Close

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