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Cuomo, Lander, Zohran, and More NYC Mayoral Hopefuls Talk Arts and the City

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Eric Adams is currently an ex officio board member of not just The Met , but also the American Museum of Natural History , MoMA and MoMA PS1.

The mayor’s office sits atop a city government that disseminates millions in arts funding.

If the polls are to be believed, Adams will likely not be mayor come 2026 .

Cuomo ’s cultural bona fides take a back seat to his reputation as an infrastructure guy.

But to his credit, he tries to have arts, at the very least, come along for the ride.

Cuomo said he’ll keep pushing for such projects as mayor, continuing to inject art into our lives.

Zohran Mamdani is the candidate most associated with the art scene in New York .

He's surging in the polls, even taking the number two spot behind Cuomo in some recent tallies.

Mammani is running to the left of most of the major candidates in the mayoral race.

He says New York City benefits from having strength in the creative economy.