Now the field has narrowed to Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa. (In a fun twist that will surely not confuse voters, Adams’s name will still appear on the ballot in November.) According to The New York Times, a group of NYC’s richest landlords gathered in Midtown in early September to meet with Cuomo and help him figure out how to beat Mamdani. He was a crook, and it was the president who saved him.” (Adams denied all charges against him prior to the case being dismissed.) Prior to Adams officially dropping out, a recent poll showed that Cuomo would still lose to Mamdani by about 10 points if the current mayor theoretically left the campaign.