Sources told CNN that Cuomo's team believes the general electorate could be more receptive to his candidacy than primary voters.

Both candidates seek to remake Democratic politics in fundamentally different visions. But the Democratic mayor isn't running as a Democrat.

Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown even to most New York City residents when he announced his run for mayor back in October. On Tuesday evening, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Gov.