Many Americans outside New York favor House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander among the state's prominent politicians, according to a new poll from YouGov. The trio each had a one percentage point net favorable rating.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who lost to Mamdani in the mayoral primary, was the least popular politician on the poll's list, at 35 percent underwater. In the poll, Jeffries was viewed as either “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” by 31 percent of respondents, while “somewhat unfavorable” and “very unfavorable” views of the Democratic leader came in at 30 percent. Thirty-eight percent said they didn’t “know” Jeffries. Mamdani, who recently shocked political observers with

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