Amid the sensational Democratic primary victory Tuesday of Zohran Mamdani — Muslim, self-described democratic socialist, and unabashed critic of Israel — for mayor of New York, there were growing reports that runner-up and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was likely to remain in the fall race as the candidate of the Fight and Deliver Party.

But the mounting attention and speculation was centered on another Democrat: incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who until this week had been silent about what he will do in the general election. With President Donald Trump scuttling a Biden-era Justice Department corruption probe of Adams (who has long insisted this stemmed from his criticism of the 46th president’s immigration policies), the mayor is now considering an active bid for re-election on the End Semitism and Safe and Affordable ballot lines.

So how would a four-way race turn out? A Honan Strategy Group poll conducted hours after Mamdani’s upset primary win over Cuomo showed both of them drawing 39 percent among likely general election voters, with Adams at 13 percent and Republican Curtis Sliwa at 7 percent.

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