Mamdani’s dominance only grows in hypothetical four-way matchups. Without Cuomo in the race, he climbs to 55 percent; without Adams, he rises to 51 percent. Even in direct, one-on-one contests, Mamdani maintains a decisive edge: 52 percent to Cuomo’s 40 percent, and 59 percent to Adams’s 32 percent.

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist leading the race for New York mayor, tried to distance himself from past criticism of the NYPD, two days after a mass shooting at a midtown office building left five people dead,