Overview
- The Associated Press called the contest with roughly 75% of ballots counted, with Mamdani leading over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
- He is set to become New York City’s first Muslim mayor and one of its youngest officeholders.
- His campaign prioritized stronger rent control, free day care and buses, and a network of city-run neighborhood grocery stores.
- A Queens state assembly member born in Uganda, he moved to New York as a child and became a US citizen in 2018.
- His record on Israel and Gaza drew criticism and organized opposition, including listings by Canary Mission and attacks from President Donald Trump.