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Overview
- With 86% of the vote reported, Mamdani held 50.5% to Andrew Cuomo’s 41.4%, with Republican Curtis Sliwa at 7.2%, prompting the Associated Press projection.
- He takes office on January 1, 2026, becoming one of the youngest mayors of New York City since the 19th century.
- President Donald Trump denounced Mamdani on Truth Social, called Jews who vote for him “stupid,” endorsed Cuomo, and threatened to restrict federal funding to the city.
- Mamdani’s campaign leveraged viral TikTok videos and advanced proposals including a rent freeze, subsidized supermarkets, free public transit, and free childcare.
- The contest became highly polarized and nationalized, with opponents branding him “communist” and linking him to extremism, attacks that his supporters criticized as Islamophobic.