Overview
- Election Day voting is underway with Zohran Mamdani ahead in pre-election polls over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
- More than 735,000 early ballots were cast, a record reported by New York election officials.
- President Donald Trump labeled Mamdani a communist, threatened to limit federal funds if he wins, and urged voters to back Cuomo.
- Mamdani, 34, could become the city’s youngest leader in generations and its first Muslim mayor, running on higher taxes for the wealthy to fund free buses, universal childcare, and a rent freeze.
- Cuomo is pursuing an independent comeback after losing the Democratic primary, while Sliwa is polling third on a tough-on-crime message; polls close at 9 p.m. local time with results pending.