This is The Sprint for City Hall, a limited-run series on the critical Democratic primary race for mayor.

It’s Day 4 of early voting in New York City, and candidates are jockeying for late-stage endorsements, even from each other. Primary Day is June 24.

Hi, I’m Dean Chang, the editor running The New York Times’s coverage of the mayoral primary. No matter how this ends, I remain convinced that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo needs to be played by Christopher Walken in a biopic. Just listen to Stephen Colbert’s imitation.

In this edition of the newsletter, we’ll look at the major developments shaping the primary race’s final week, including an expected Marist poll, a well-funded attack ad and other endgame moves. And we’ll ask a critic to weigh in on the candidates’ go-to bagel orders.