The "Real Time" host also said Zohran Mamdani was born in a country "where they kill homosexuals" and brought up the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

The early voting turnout results could also spell trouble for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo as the high-voting boroughs were those that his rival, Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani, won in the June primary.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, stood outside a mosque Friday and slammed independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for laughing at the suggestion Mamdani would cheer a terror attack.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat running on a third-party line, has appeared repeatedly on Staten Island and shifted his messaging in ways that seem designed to court Republican voters.

Newsweek’s latest tracking poll shows Mamdani widening his advantage in the New York mayoral race, securing 45 percent support.

The New York Daily News attacked Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as "callow and mealy-mouthed" in its endorsement of Andrew Cuomo on Sunday.

Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor and plans to campaign with him, in hopes of slowing the momentum of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.