State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani (D) has surged into a clear second place in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, though he still trails former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), a new poll found.

The Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey showed Cuomo leading in the first round of the ranked-choice vote system that New York City employs, receiving 35 percent of the vote. Mamdani was about 12 points behind with 23 percent.

That’s in line with other polls since before Cuomo even entered that have shown the former governor with clear, double-digit leads over the rest of the field. But it’s considerably closer than the last Emerson poll of the race from late March in which Cuomo was at 38 percent and Mamdani was........

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