Overview

• Cuomo called Mamdani on June 24 to concede after preliminary counts showed Mamdani leading with 43.5 percent of first-choice votes, a margin unlikely to be overturned in ranked-choice redistributions.
• Mamdani’s platform centers on affordability measures including a rent freeze, free bus service and universal child care to address New York City’s cost-of-living crisis.
• The campaign raised about $8 million from over 20,000 individual donors and enlisted roughly 27,000 volunteers, marking one of the city’s largest grassroots operations.
• A 33-year-old democratic socialist and state assemblyman from Queens, Mamdani would become New York City’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected.
• Final ranked-choice results are due next week, after which Mamdani will face Republican Curtis Sliwa, independent incumbent Eric Adams and potentially Cuomo again in November’s general election.