Honestly, probably.

When I ran into someone collecting signatures for Cuomo on the street before the primary, I was like "didn't he resign in disgrace?" I'd forgotten the details until I looked them up again. I think most people don't bother to look things up, or don't know how to

He's the only candidate that can properly facilitate the NYC elite's corruption. Eric Adams proved himself too self-interested and vastly incompetent in facilitating corruption. Mamdani is seen as ideologically hostile to the process (also Sliwa).

Fur some people that's a feature not a fault

That is exactly what he was hoping would happen. He doesn't read the room, he just demands power until his financial backing runs out.

I won't beat around the bush by saying this. The New York establishment Democrats are blue Republicans. It is noticeable that underprivileged areas voted for Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

What about Adams?

It's also weird that Trump got elected despite all the shit he's obviously done.