Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York City mayoral race by nearly 20 points over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to a new Siena Research Institute poll. READ MORE:

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday charged that his independent opponent, Andrew Cuomo, sees the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants as “political pawns,” after the former governor floated a proposal this week to significantly limit who can access those units.

Mamdani is warning New Yorkers about the Trump administration’s impacts to the city — and his opponents’ ties to the president