Democratic mayoral primary winner and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is barely leading the pack of candidates to potentially govern New York City in a new poll released Tuesday. The survey shows he is in a statistical tie with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa after previously landing positive polls on the heels of his primary win.

A new poll suggested that democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's sheen may already be wearing off among voters. Mamdani's support appears to have dropped 14 percentage points from less than a week ago,

In the weeks since the primary, several prominent donors who had been supportive of Cuomo pledged their support to Adams in the general election, including billionaire hedge-fund managers Dan Loeb and Bill Ackman, both of whom have become so entwined with the Adams operation that they have helped vet campaign hires.

The winning 33-year-old socialist Mamdani’s online stature — bolstered by his own masterfully produced social content — tapped into the zeitgeisty humor of Millennials and Gen Z,