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.

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign calls it an outlier. Zohran Mamdani says Cuomo has “hit his ceiling.” And Brad Lander’s interpretation of a new Emerson College poll? “This is a three-person race!”  The candidates weighed in after Emerson’s late-May survey of 500 registered voters showed Cuomo prevailing,