Overview
- Major outlets called the race just after 9:30 p.m. ET with Mamdani at roughly 49–50% of the vote to Andrew Cuomo’s low‑forties and Curtis Sliwa near single digits, as turnout topped two million ballots for the highest since 1969.
- Cuomo continued as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, creating a three-way contest in which pro-Cuomo super PACs spent heavily, including nearly $30 million opposing Mamdani, without changing the outcome.
- The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman becomes New York City’s first Muslim and first Asian/South Asian mayor, capping a yearlong rise from a primary upset to a general-election plurality win.
- National Republicans escalated attacks during and after the vote, with President Donald Trump threatening to restrict federal funding and some GOP lawmakers calling for inquiries into Mamdani’s citizenship.
- Signaling a pragmatic posture on public safety, Mamdani apologized to the NYPD for past remarks and said he intends to keep Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and he is set to be sworn in at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2026.