The poll conducted in late May and released Monday details a significant gain for the current Brooklyn Borough President. Adams holds 22 percent of first-choice votes from likely Democrats, while Yang is 6 points behind at 16 percent, according to the Spectrum News NY1/ IPSOS poll. Adams polled at 9 percent behind Yang in the April poll.

Andrew Yang gained national attention while running for president in the 2020 Democratic primary. In his campaign he promised to distribute $1,000 to adults every month to stimulate the economy. He referred to this strategy as the Freedom Dividend, which was a novel idea a year prior to the distribution of COVID-19 stimulus checks.

These polling numbers come days after the former front-runner left his own campaign event. Fox News reported that about 10 left-wing protesters gathered at Yang’s press conference with signs criticizing his campaign. The protesters shouted chants at the candidate, forcing Yang to leave the event without speaking.

Adams’ upward climb in the polls may be troublesome for Yang’s campaign. The former New York City Sanitation Department commissioner, Kathryn Garcia, also made a significant jump in the polls in May putting her right behind Yang at 15 percent. Both Adams’ and Garcia’s leaps signal that Yang is slipping in popularity.

Garcia received endorsements from The New York Times and the New York Daily News editorial boards shortly before seeing the spike in the polls. New York’s U.S. House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave her endorsement for the candidate and activist Maya Wiley. Wiley came in fifth among first-choice votes, according to the poll.

The fourth-place contender in the May poll is New York City comptroller, Scott Stringer. His polling numbers fell one point since April. The New York Times reported that Stringer’s campaign was upended after two women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations in the past several weeks. The most recent allegation missed the polling window, and it is unclear how the scandal has affected his polling numbers.

The New York City mayoral primary is to be held on June 22, with early voting beginning Saturday, June 12. New York City voters will be able to select Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor using a newly implemented rank-choice voting system. The May Spectrum News poll’s ranking may be an indicator of how the ranked-choice votes will play out, but recent campaign highs and lows for all candidates could shake up the Democratic primaries.

The poll surveyed 906 likely Democratic voters in New York City from May 17 to May 31.