Overview
- Major outlets called the race with Mamdani at roughly 50% to Andrew Cuomo’s about 41%, with Curtis Sliwa near 8% and more than two million ballots cast, the highest mayoral turnout since 1969.
- Mamdani will take office at 12:01 AM on January 1, 2026, in the city’s traditional midnight swearing-in.
- His platform centers on a temporary rent freeze, free public buses, expanded childcare, and a pilot for city-run grocery stores, paid for by higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations.
- President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked Mamdani as a “communist” and threatened to restrict federal funds or deploy the National Guard, while some Republicans called for reviews of his 2018 naturalization.
- In the campaign’s final stretch he said he would retain Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and apologized to the NYPD for past comments, as endorsements from Hakeem Jeffries and Kathy Hochul contrasted with heavy pro-Cuomo super PAC spending.