The latest Siena poll, conducted between August 4-7, shows that 23 percent of conservatives back Mamdani, which is higher than former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's 18 percent and New York Mayor Eric Adams' 9 percent. Cuomo and Adams are expected to battle for the mayoralty as independent candidates in the general election in November.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is trotting out elected officials from his party’s varied ideological factions this week in a not-so-subtle effort to ramp up pressure on New York’s top political leaders — who so far have refrained from throwing their weight behind his campaign.