Overview
- Preliminary results show Mamdani with roughly half the vote, ahead of independent Andrew Cuomo’s just-over-40 percent, with Republican Curtis Sliwa trailing.
- Mamdani ran as a democratic socialist pledging higher taxes on the wealthy to fund a rent freeze, free bus routes and city-subsidized grocery options.
- Early voting exceeded 735,000 ballots, more than quadrupling the 2021 early vote total reported by The New York Times.
- President Donald Trump intensified his involvement by calling Jewish voters who back Mamdani “fools” on Truth Social after previously threatening to cut federal funds and encouraging votes for Cuomo.
- Mamdani’s views, including rejecting the statehood of Israel, fueled concern among segments of New York’s Jewish community and elevated the local race to global attention.