Is this really the best New York City Democrats have to offer?

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The future of New York City looks bleak. Its top three choices in the Democratic primary for mayor are all walking disasters.

With less than a week to go, the highest polling candidates among Democrats are former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and City Comptroller Brad Lander. A recent poll has Cuomo leading Mamdani in a simulation of the city’s messy ranked choice voting system by 10 points, with Lander in third.

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