Overview
- AP and CNN projections show the 34-year-old left-wing Democrat defeating Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
- Preliminary counts reported by major outlets put Mamdani just over 50% to roughly 40% for Cuomo, with Sliwa in single digits.
- Turnout reached a high not seen since 1969 with more than two million ballots cast and a record 735,000 early votes, election officials said.
- In a late intervention, the president urged voters to choose Cuomo and warned he would restrict non-mandatory federal funds if Mamdani prevailed.
- Mamdani campaigned on a rent freeze plus free buses and childcare paid for by higher taxes on wealthy residents and businesses, elevating him as a leading progressive foil to the White House.