Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, the two front-runners in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, delivered closing-stage speeches.

Zohran Mamdani, an Indian-origin Democrat, aims to become New York's first Muslim and Indian-American mayor, challenging Andrew Cuomo.

After months of Andrew Cuomo topping the New York City mayor’s race while the organized left scrambled, progressive candidates are finally using ranked-choice voting to fight back. Whether there’s enough time to capitalize on Cuomo’s negatives remains to be seen — he continues to dominate most polls and is funded by a multimillion-dollar super PAC,

A proposed flier from a super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid featured an image of Zohran Mamdani with a thicker beard. Mr. Mamdani called the manipulation Islamophobic.

The PAC said the image was released without its consent. A Cuomo spokesperson called the picture "absurd and disrespectful."

There are ways to make what seems to be an international battle into a local one,” the Democratic socialist said on a “Talking Palestine” podcast with Sumaya Awad shortly