Overview
- Final tallies show Mamdani at roughly 1,036,051 votes (50.4%), Andrew Cuomo at about 854,995 (41.6%), and Curtis Sliwa at about 146,137 (7.1%), according to reported counts.
- Major news organizations, including the Associated Press, called the race and Cuomo conceded, telling supporters he would assist the incoming administration.
- The Board of Elections reported more than two million ballots cast, marking the biggest New York City mayoral turnout in over half a century.
- At 34, the democratic socialist becomes the city’s first South Asian mayor and its youngest leader in more than a century, with a swearing-in set for January 1, 2026.
- Mamdani campaigned on rent freezes for rent-stabilized units, expanded affordable housing, a $30 minimum wage, free buses, universal childcare, and higher taxes on the wealthy, drawing attacks from President Trump that included threats to restrict federal aid.