Mamdani denounced Islamophobia after Cuomo laughs at claim that Mamdani would ‘cheer another 9/11’
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani condemned Islamophobic attacks against him in an Oct. 24 speech in a mosque in the Bronx. Mamdani said such rhetoric reflects a wider tolerance of anti-Muslim sentiment.
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New York City’s mayoral race is nearing the finish line as the candidates try to rally more voters and sway the undecided toward tomorrow’s Election Day polls. Here’s the lates polling numbers and the winning odds.
In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday, President Donald Trump was asked about choosing between Zohran Mamdani, a democratic docialist, and Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat running as an independent, to which he responded, “I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or another, but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist,” falsely claiming Mamdani is a communist, “I’m going to pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.”
Adding, “Communist, not socialist,” Trump said. “He’s far worse than a socialist.”
Note, that while communism and democratic socialism share some features, communist societies are not democratic. Communism is most associated with the one-party dictatorships of the Soviet Union and present-day China.
In the past month’s worth of polls, Democrat Mamdani remains in the lead, however the lead has continued to shrink week to week as Independent Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa have been gaining ground to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Adams.
In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Mamdani leads with 43% support among likely voters, Cuomo receives 33%, Sliwa receives 14%, and 6% were undecided, while 3% refused to respond.
According to the Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Mary Snow, she said “The candidates have made their case, early voting is underway, Zohran Mamdani has a 10-point lead over Andrew Cuomo with Curtis Sliwa a distant third, but one wildcard remains. The percentage of likely voters not weighing in has increased a bit since earlier this month, suggesting there’s room for movement in the final stretch.”
Here is what the polls, odds say now as we head into Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Who is leading in the polls for NYC mayor and favored by the odds now?
- Atlas Intel poll ending Oct. 30, shows Mamdani leading with 41% in support, compared to Cuomo with 34% support and Sliwa getting 24% support.
- Hill/Emerson poll ending Oct. 28, shows Mamdani leading with 50% responding they’d vote for him, compared to Cuomo at 25% and Sliwa at 21%. The poll found the top issue for voters facing the United States, was 30% find threats to democracy to be most important, 25% the economy, and 14% housing affordability.
- Fox News poll ending Oct. 28, shows Mamdani leading with 47% in the polling, Cuomo with 31% and Sliwa with 15%.
- RealClearPolling, which encompasses the average of over 8 different pollsters, including those above, show Mamdani leading with 45.8% support, compared to Cuomo at 31.1% and Sliwa at 17.3%.
- Polymarket, a crypto-trading platform is expressing growing odds by the betting public, in favor of Mamdani at 94.4% over Cuomo at 5.5% and Sliwa getting less than 1%.
Polls and odds are constantly changing. These numbers were reflected as of Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, at 11 a.m.
Maria Francis is a Pennsylvania-based journalist who covers trending topics across the Mid-Atlantic region.
