Delgado faces an uphill battle; recent polling has shown that he remains largely unknown among the statewide electorate — including more than half of Democrats.

Delgado and Hochul, who appointed him to the No. 2 job in 2022, had appeared publicly at odds over several issues during the past year.

Delgado is telling allies that he will make official his plans to unseat his estranged boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, very soon according to a Democratic party source who’s spoken with the