The former mayor said he believes Cuomo “has the skills our city needs.”

Zohran Mamdani has won over young, left-leaning New Yorkers with his energy and progressive ideas. But is he capable of running the largest city in the country?

The most populated city in the United States might also have the most polarizing mayoral race of any other. The New York City mayoral race features a disgraced former governor, a surging socialist, an incumbent with his own legal troubles, and other heavy hitters.