Zohran Mamdani, the socialist mayoral candidate for New York City is catching up to Andrew Cuomo in the polls for the Democratic primary. Mamdani, 33, is currently a New York Assemblymember and has been running a grassroots campaign largely against former Governor Cuomo.

A new poll with a margin of error of 3 points has Zohran Mamdani trailing the former governor by just 2 percent.

The Democratic primary for New York City mayor is effectively a two-person race between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, two new internal polls show. A survey conducted by Data for Progress on behalf of a super PAC for Mamdani found Cuomo up by just two points,