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According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University, Democrat Zohran Mamdani leads the race for New York City mayor with 45% support among likely voters, followed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo running as an independent candidate with 23% support, Republican Curtis Sliwa with 15% support, and Mayor Eric Adams running as an independent candidate with 12% support.

Other key findings in the poll are when it comes to immigration, 60% of likely voters would like to see the next mayor do more to stand up to President Trump, while 35% would like to see the next mayor do more to work with President Trump.

And when it comes to crime in New York City, 56% of likely voters would like to see the next mayor do more to stand up to President Trump, while 37% would like to see the next mayor do more to work with President Trump.

Gov. Kathy Hochul went on Bloomberg TV to assure the business community she will be able to check Zohran Mamdani's powers if elected mayor.

"We appreciate you being here, we welcome you to be here," she told the business community.

She admitted Mamdani "hit a nerve, he hit a real nerve."

But when asked if she will endorse him as the democratic mayoral nominee, Hochul said, "there are a lot of very strong philosophical differences."

Despite recent polls show Zohran Mamdani outpacing the other candidates in the race for New York City mayor, his rivals say they aren't going anywhere.

Mamdani spoke out Wednesday for the first time after a new poll by The New York Times and Sienna College showed he has a commanding 22-point lead.

"We're feeling good but we don't believe in polls to get us to the finish line, that's how we got to the Democratic nominee, we win this race each and every day and we're proud of the more than 60,000 volunteers we have knocking on doors," Mamdani said.

But for his competitors, no one is showing any signs of slowing down or backing down and they are campaigning to pick up every possible vote.

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Sen. Charles Schumer, one of the Democratic party leaders who has not endorsed Zohran Mamdani, said he met with the democratic mayoral primary winner on Monday,.

He described it as a good meeting, and said they will continue meeting.

However, no endorsement emerged from the meeting.