Cuomo Supporters Rush to Build Ground Game in Last Campaign Days

Supporters of Andrew Cuomo, in a final struggle to stop the front-running mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, are pouring money into a ground game with only nine days until Election Day.

Political action committees fueled by Bill Ackman, Joe Gebbia, Ronald Lauder and Eminence Capital’s Ricky Sandler, among others, are pouring millions of dollars into the kind of nitty-gritty, personal campaigning that, along with a strong social-media campaign, helped Mamdani get to the front of the pack: Knocking on doors, calling prospective voters, handing out pamphlets.

It’s not glamorous, but pro-Cuomo PAC leaders say they believe ...