New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Trujillo has been a policy counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union, where he lobbied for criminal and juvenile justice reforms, and the president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys.

Cuomo’s father was governor of New York. Mamdani doesn’t have big money, personally or politically. And he doesn’t have great name recognition; a quarter of New Yorkers say they don’t know ...

New York’s current mayor, Eric Adams, took office in 2021 promising a more moderate approach that would fix the ailments of the de Blasio years, and Mr. Adams has stopped the decline in some areas.