Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who has but to announce his intentions — has a robust lead amongst registered voters within the New York Metropolis mayoral race, in keeping with a brand new ballot out Friday.
Cuomo captured 33% of the vote within the ballot by Emerson Faculty Polling/PIX11/The Hill. Mayor Adams trailed with 10% assist.
They had been adopted by former Comptroller Scott Stringer at 8%, present Comptroller Brad Lander and State Sens. Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos all at 6%. Twenty-five % of voters had been undecided.
Adams is going through a rocky path to reelection. He’s anticipated to go to trial in April on federal corruption costs and has hit traditionally low approval rankings. Cuomo, who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations in 2021, has change into an early frontrunner within the race, regardless of not really stepping in but.
With out Cuomo within the race, Adams fared higher at 16%, main a large filed of challengers. In that state of affairs, Stringer and Ramos acquired 12%, Lander obtained 7% of the vote and Myrie obtained 4%, in keeping with the ballot. The ballot surveyed 1,000 registered voters between Feb. 3-5; it has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 factors.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify earlier than the Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing on the U.S. Capitol on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Kent Nishimura/Getty Photos)
Petitioning for June’s Democratic mayoral major begins on Feb. 25. On condition that timeline, sources have mentioned Cuomo, ought to he run, is more likely to leap into the race by the tip of February as a way to give himself time for the resource-intensive petitioning course of.
“It’s all remains premature, but Andrew Cuomo will always be a Queens boy who loves New York and will always help any way he can to have it succeed,” Wealthy Azzopardi, a spokesperson for Cuomo, mentioned.
Spokespeople for Adams didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
With out Cuomo as competitors, Adams leads amongst Black voters — a key constituency for the mayor — at 23%. Nevertheless, with Cuomo on the poll, he loses that benefit: In that simulation, the ballot exhibits Cuomo receives 35% of Black voters and Adams will get simply 13%.
On Friday morning, Adams appeared at a Black Historical past Month assembly hosted by the African-American Clergy and Elected Officers group. Cuomo, whereas not in attendance, was on the minds of a few of the audio system on the occasion.
Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information/Pool)
Dee Bailey, the group’s chief of operations and an influential participant in Black metropolis politics, launched Adams by asking the gang who they might vote for if Cuomo hops into the mayoral major.
“I’mma vote for my mayor of the City of New York, so I’m telling everybody,” Bailey mentioned to applause. “I want you to know that I salute and support my mayor, Eric Adams.”
In keeping with the ballot, Adams’ favorability ranking is at 27%, with 58% of voters replying they’ve an unfavorable view of the mayor. Cuomo has a 47% favorable ranking and 37% unfavorable.
President Trump was additionally discovered to have a excessive favorability ranking at 40%. Trump received 44% of New York Metropolis voters within the November election.
“Cuomo’s high name recognition gives him an early advantage, but the race is fluid with six months to go,” Spencer Kimball, govt director of Emerson Faculty Polling, mentioned.
The ballot additionally discovered that 34% of voters strongly oppose the Division of Justice dropping the case in opposition to Adams and 42% strongly oppose ICE being allowed into colleges and church buildings. Voters had been break up on whether or not mass deportations of undocumented immigrants was good or dangerous for town.
Initially Printed: February 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM EST
