The race for New York City mayor has tightened considerably — with ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo cutting front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s lead in half from a month ago, according to a new poll.

Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, now leads Cuomo, running as an independent, just 44% to 34% among the likely Big Apple voters, the Suffolk University survey found.

Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa is in third place with 11% support.

But Mamdani had a 20-point lead over Cuomo in Suffolk University’s prior poll conducted in September. 3

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It’s Suffolk’s first survey since Mayor Eric Adams completely dropped his re-election bid and endorsed Cuomo.

Cuomo is now running roughly even among Hispanics after trailing Mamdani by 30 points in that demographic in the September poll.

He leads among independents

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