NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A new independent poll shows former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would “dominate” the 2025 mayoral race in New York City—and that he is the top choice across every race, age, gender and borough.
Cuomo leads eight other candidates in the city’s ranked-choice voting system, selected as the first choice by 33% of likely voters, according to the poll released Wednesday by the national opinion research firm Bold Decision. Though the former New York governor has not formally entered the race, he is reportedly considering it.
Mayor Eric Adams generally polled second among likely voters and was the first choice of 10% of respondents, but he was followed closely by former NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer who was the top choice of 9% of likely voters.
The mayor trailed Cuomo by a significant margin, even among his strongest historical block of support—Black voters and Brooklynites. Cuomo leads Adams 46% to 18% among Black voters, and 31% to 10% among Brooklyn voters, according to the poll.
Adams—who was indicted last year on bribery, wire fraud and corruption charges—is dragging in the polls due to low favorability, with 73% of respondents reporting an unfavorable view of him. The mayor has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Comparatively, 55% of likely voters thought favorably of Cuomo, though 40% reported an unfavorable view. Stringer was favorable with 42% of respondents, and unfavorable with 21%.
The other candidates included in the poll were NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, New York state senators Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie, Rep. Zohran Mamdani, former Assemblyman Michael Blake and former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, all of whom had poor name recognition among voters.
Thirty-six percent of people said they had never heard of Lander, 43% said they had never heard of Ramos, and over 50% hadn’t heard of the other three candidates, according to the poll.
About one-fourth of likely voters reported being undecided, leaving time for campaigns to sway New Yorkers by the time primary voting begins on June 14. Pollster Adam Rosenblatt, a founding partner of Bold Decision, acknowledged how quickly the field can change in a race like this.
“The 2021 primary showed us the world can look very different between January and June, though fundamentally the race is still determined based on who decides to run, who gets matching funds, and how the campaign unfolds,” Rosenblatt told the New York Post.
The Bold Decision poll was conducted between January 7 and 13 through text message and online interviews and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.45%.