With little over one week left until the mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani’s momentum against Andrew Cuomo is drawing widespread opposition to stop him from winning the Democratic nomination and likely City Hall.

The New York Times and the New York Post editorial boards do not agree on much – but they’re both hoping the 33-year-old Assembly member does not become New York City’s next mayor.

Fare-free businesses should be the future. It would drive up bus and subway ridership and be an economic engine,” Transport Workers Union president John Samuelsen said.

The PAC said the image was released without its consent. A Cuomo spokesperson called the picture "absurd and disrespectful."

Zohran Mamdani, a progressive state lawmaker who is running for mayor of New York City, visited The New York Times for an interview.

Editor’s note: This interview has been condensed and some responses paraphrased for length and formatting.

With a week remaining in a tightening mayoral primary race, wealthy supporters of Andrew Cuomo are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to boost his campaign and halt the momentum of his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani. Allies of the socialist assemblyman are mounting their own comparatively modest effort to topple the front-runner.

Former State Assemblyman Michael Blake on Monday endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary.   Blake himself is a candidate for mayor, but failed to gain