Overview
- Unofficial returns show Mamdani at roughly 50% to Andrew Cuomo’s about 41%, with Republican Curtis Sliwa near 7%.
- More than two million New Yorkers voted, the highest participation in decades, driven in part by youth mobilization through social media and influencers.
- He will become the city’s first Muslim mayor and one of its youngest when sworn in on January 1, 2026.
- His agenda targets affordability with higher taxes on top earners and corporations, a rent freeze for regulated apartments, free buses and municipal childcare, and city-run low-cost groceries.
- Trump attacked him throughout the campaign and has threatened to restrict federal funding, as some Democratic leaders withheld endorsements and Democrats posted separate wins in New Jersey, Virginia and a California redistricting referendum.