Though the race’s ultimate outcome will still be decided by a ranked choice count, 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani took a commanding position just hours after the polls closed.

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

Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race despite conceding the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo, who lost in the primary to Mamdani on Tuesday, has not committed to running an active campaign ahead of the November election but will not remove himself from the general election ballot.