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, CNN has learned. That leaves in place contingency plans he had established before the Democratic primary to challenge Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in November.

Sources told CNN that Cuomo's team believes the general electorate could be more receptive to his candidacy than primary voters.

Donors and advisers mounting a campaign to convince Andrew Cuomo to drop out of the New York City mayor’s race are facing an imminent deadline to get his name off the ballot. Cuomo, who says he wants to “look at all the numbers as they come in” after his stunning defeat in the first round of the Democratic primary to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani,