The race for New York City mayor is heating up with just six days until the election. FOX 5 NY's Robert Moses has the latest details.

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The New York City mayoral race is entering its final stages, with frontrunner Zoran Mamdani receiving an endorsement from the United Bodegas of America. This endorsement is notable because the group had previously expressed concerns about Mamdani's proposal for city-owned grocery stores, which they feared could threaten bodega businesses. 

A recent poll from the Manhattan Institute shows Mamdani leading by 15 percentage points over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent. Republican Curtis Sliwa is in third place, and voter turnout in early voting has significantly increased compared to the previous election. The race has also seen shifting endorsements and criticisms among candidates, with Mamdani highlighting opposition from wealthy donors and Cuomo positioning himself as the only true Democrat.

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Well let's talk some city politics now because it is down to the wire. We are now six days away from election day and the race for New York City mayor is certainly heating up. Heating up, boiling hot, however you want to describe it, here it comes as frontrunner Zoran Mamdani is set to receive an endorsement. A little bit of a surprise though Robert Moses, what's going on with this? Yeah Dan and Tishani, later on this morning the United Bodegas of America will endorse Zoran Mamdani. This endorsement is raising eyebrows for a couple reasons. First of all, just this past summer the group expressed fears that Mamdani's plan for city-owned grocery stores could put bodegas out of business and Fernando Mateo, who's a spokesman for the United Bodegas of America, actually ran for mayor previously as a Republican. A new poll from the Manhattan Institute, which is a conservative think tank, has Mamdani up 15 percentage points over former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Republican Curtis Lee remains in third with 19 percent. Eight percent are undecided. Mamdani yesterday criticized the billionaires who have spent millions of dollars opposing him. He questioned the wisdom of their investments. These are also the same billionaires who funded Donald Trump's campaign and his second term specifically and what we're seeing is that they see just as good of an investment not in Washington D.C. but also here in New York City in electing Donald Trump's puppet Andrew Cuomo. They're spending more money than I would even tax them and I think that is a reference to Mamdani's controversial proposal to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers. Meantime, Mayor Eric Adams made his first appearance with Cuomo since endorsing the former governor last week. Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing the primary, insists that he is the only true Democrat in this race. People think that because he's on the Democratic line, he's a Democrat. He's not a Democrat. He's a socialist who happens to be on the Democratic line. Now that I've come back, I've noticed former Governor David Patterson appeared with the mayor and former governor as expected. Patterson endorsed Cuomo again. We say again because he endorsed him in the primary. Then when Cuomo lost, Patterson endorsed Adams. Then when Adams dropped out, Patterson returned to the Cuomo camp. Patterson is married to one of Sliwa's former wives. Sliwa is baffled by Patterson's repeated changes of heart in this race. David Patterson, do me a favor. You are the political kiss of death. Do not endorse me because if somehow you did, I would throw that endorsement right back at you. And also, Sliwa said again yesterday for about the eight millionth time that he is not dropping out. He's staying in this race for the next six days. Now, after four days of early voting, more than 297,000 people have already cast their ballots in 2021. After four days of early voting, a little more than 55,000 had. So, turnout this year is more than five times what we saw four years ago. Incredible numbers. Dana Tishoni, back to you. Dana Tishoni, back to you. Absolutely. And Robert, great job breaking all that down. That was a lot. I'm trying.

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