The Democratic primary for the New York City mayor’s race has tightened further in the latest Marist Poll, with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ahead but with a narrower lead.

The poll released Wednesday showed Cuomo winning in the city’s ranked-choice voting system in the seventh round, 55 percent to 45 percent, over state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani in second. That’s still a somewhat comfortable margin for Cuomo but closer than the 60 percent to 40 percent margin in the last round that Marist’s poll from last month showed.

Ranked choice allows voters to select up to five candidates in order of the preference of........

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