About half of New Yorkers approve of early Mamdani job performance: Poll |
About half of New Yorkers approve of early Mamdani job performance: Poll
A clear plurality of New York City residents approve of the job Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is doing as he approaches his 100th day in office, according to a new poll from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
In the survey, conducted throughout the last week in March, 48 percent of New Yorkers say they approve of the city’s first democratic socialist mayor, while 30 percent say they disapprove of his job performance. Another 23 percent say they’re not sure.
While the reviews are mostly positive, the young mayor underperforms his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams (D), whose approval rating was 61 percent as he neared his 100-day mark in 2022. At the time, 24 percent disapproved of Adams, and 15 percent said they were unsure.
Mamdani’s approval is close to former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s rating in 2014, after his first 100 days as mayor, when 49 percent approved of........