Overview
- Polling places across the five boroughs are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., with initial returns expected overnight.
- Turnout is running unusually high, with about 1.2 million votes already tallied by early afternoon when combining in-person and early ballots, surpassing the 2021 total by the same point; early voting alone exceeded 730,000 and some local projections suggest more than two million total ballots.
- The latest RealClearPolitics average shows Zohran Mamdani at 46.1%, Andrew Cuomo at 31.8%, and Curtis Sliwa at 16.3%, though recent polls showed volatility in the margin.
- President Donald Trump urged New Yorkers to back Cuomo and attacked Mamdani on Truth, calling him “a communist” and saying Jewish voters who support him are “stupid,” while Mamdani said he will not be intimidated by threats over federal funding.
- Election Day developments included the Israeli consul in New York warning against Mamdani, Elon Musk criticizing the city’s ballot design while endorsing Cuomo, Cuomo declaring momentum after voting, and Alex Soros publicly backing Mamdani; if elected, Mamdani would be New York’s first Muslim mayor.