Just hours after Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York's mayoral primary on Wednesday, a small group of business leaders convened with Mayor Eric Adams, who bypassed the Democratic primary and is instead running in the general election as an independent.

Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a stunning victory.

Most polls of the primary race indicate, however, that this election will not be decided in that initial count, especially since voters’ potential five ranked choices can be split across 11 candidates for mayor. In New York City’s system, if a candidate does not receive a majority in first-choice votes, the ranked-choice system will kick in.