Overview
- Major U.S. outlets and election trackers, including MSNBC and DDHQ, projected Mamdani the winner as he declared victory and said he will be sworn in on January 1, 2026.
- Preliminary tallies showed Mamdani around 50% with Andrew Cuomo near 41% and Curtis Sliwa about 8%, and city officials reported turnout topping 2 million, the highest since 1969.
- Mamdani, 34, will become New York’s first Muslim mayor and one of its youngest, and he pledged in his speech to “stop Trump” and to crack down on corruption and tax avoidance by the wealthy.
- His affordability-focused platform includes freezing rent increases on parts of the housing stock, free bus service, subsidized low-cost grocery stores, and higher taxes on the wealthy, with proposals such as a path to a $30 minimum wage by 2030.
- Trump labeled Mamdani a “communist,” endorsed Cuomo, urged Republicans not to back Sliwa, and threatened to limit federal funds to New York as a record-long federal shutdown continued after the Senate again blocked a funding bill.