Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, sources tell CNN. That leaves in place contingency plans he had established before the Democratic primary to challenge Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in November.

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

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani responded to a report that Andrew Cuomo is staying in the New York City mayoral race during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on Wednesday night.According to reporting by CNN,