Overview
- New Yorkers vote Tuesday in a three-way race featuring Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
- Multiple polls show Mamdani holding about a 10-point advantage over Cuomo, with Sliwa trailing by a wide margin.
- Early voting has surged to 584,105 ballots by Saturday, far outpacing the 169,486 total cast early in 2021.
- President Trump called Mamdani a “communist,” said he would choose Cuomo over him, and warned it would be harder to send federal money to the city if Mamdani wins.
- Barack Obama privately told Mamdani his campaign was “impressive,” according to the New York Times, while stopping short of a formal endorsement.