Overview
- The Associated Press called the race at 9:35 p.m. ET, with Mamdani around 50% of the vote to Andrew Cuomo’s roughly 41% and Curtis Sliwa near 8%.
- The New York City Board of Elections reported more than two million ballots cast, the highest mayoral turnout since 1969.
- Mamdani ran on a progressive platform that includes a temporary rent freeze, free public buses, expanded childcare and a city-run grocery pilot funded by higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations.
- President Donald Trump attacked Mamdani during and after the campaign while threatening to restrict federal funds, and some Republican lawmakers called for reviews of his naturalization or even deportation.
- Backed by figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Hakeem Jeffries and Kathy Hochul, Mamdani is set to be sworn in on January 1, 2026 and has signaled continuity at the NYPD by keeping Commissioner Jessica Tisch.