Mamdani Leads NYC Mayoral Race on Eve of Vote as Trump Calls Him 'Communist'

Overview

• President Donald Trump told CBS’s 60 Minutes that Zohran Mamdani is a communist and suggested he could restrict federal funds to New York if Mamdani wins.
• Quinnipiac polling conducted Oct. 23–27 shows Mamdani at 43%, Andrew Cuomo at 33%, and Curtis Sliwa at 14% in the three-way race.
• New York Board of Elections figures for the first five days of early voting report 275,006 Democrats, 46,115 Republicans, and 42,383 unaffiliated voters have cast ballots.
• Mamdani, a 34-year-old Muslim state legislator from Queens and the Democratic nominee, has been buoyed by youth organizing, with his campaign claiming about 90,000 volunteers and a late rally with Bernie Sanders.
• Democratic tensions have surfaced as Governor Kathy Hochul criticized Mamdani’s proposed 2% surtax on million-dollar incomes and was shouted down at his rally, while outgoing Mayor Eric Adams backed Cuomo and campaigned with him in Harlem.