Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has cut front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s lead by half in the race to be the next mayor of New York City, according to a new poll.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist who defeated Cuomo for the Democratic nomination in a stunning June upset, leads the former governor, running as an independent, 44% to 34%, according to the poll released Monday by the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. In the university’s previous poll of the mayoral race, released Sept. 23, Mamdani led Cuomo 45% to 25%. That survey was conducted nearly two weeks before incumben t Mayor Eric Adams dropped his reelection bid, although he remains on the ballot.

Eleven percent of the latest survey respondents told pollsters they would cast their ballot for Republican nominee C

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