This allows him to keep his options open and potentially run against Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Eric Adams this fall.

Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a stunning victory.

New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election. Here's how it works: Rather than pick just one candidate, voters get to rank several in order of preference.