Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani responded to a report that Andrew Cuomo is staying in the New York City mayoral race during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on Wednesday night.According to reporting by CNN,

Both candidates seek to remake Democratic politics in fundamentally different visions. But the Democratic mayor isn't running as a Democrat.

Social media users claimed the assemblyman won the 2025 New York City mayoral election, but he only won the Democratic primary.