There is only one week left until Election Day and a new poll released Monday by Suffolk University Boston poll shows former Gov. Andrew Cuomo closing the gap with Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Republican Curtis Sliwa still trails in third place.

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After he resigned as governor, Mr. Cuomo looked to restore his name while taking on a new lucrative career as a podcast host. Things did not go according to plan.

Voters over 55 made up more than 50% of the turnout in the first two days of early voting this weekend. Recent polling from Quinnipiac indicates that Cuomo is tied with Zohran Mamdani for voters aged 50 to 64, while he has a slight lead with his fellow boomers over 65. Meanwhile, Mamdani has a significant lead with voters under 49 years old.

President Trump’s administration is planning a major shake-up of ICE leadership over what host Chris Cuomo calls a constant increase in deportation quotas. But Cuomo says ICE agents are being asked to overperform and do the impossible to reach numbers that go far beyond just catching “bad hombres.

Volunteer canvassers for Zohran Mamdani gathered over the weekend in hopes of combatting Andrew M. Cuomo’s closing pitch to Jewish voters.

Anti-Zohran Mamdani Republican City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov is pulling support for “loyal friend” Curtis Sliwa — and endorsing Andrew Cuomo in the hotly contested mayor’s race, The Post has learned. “As much as it hurts me to say this, a vote for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for Zohran Mamdani,” Vernikov told The Post on Tuesday.