In the poll by Slingshot Strategies, first reported by the New York Post, Mamdani has 36 percent of the vote compared to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's 27 percent and current New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 14 percent. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa landed 16 percent of the vote and independent candidate Jim Walden received 2 percent.

Mayor Eric Adams is spotlighting his child care accomplishments, in an apparent attempt to position himself as the pro-education candidate ahead of the general election by revealing a new $10 million pilot program that would expand free child care to low-income families.