Overview

• Mamdani led the first round with 43.5% of first-choice votes to Cuomo’s 36.3%, prompting the former governor to concede on June 24.
• He built a platform focused on freezing rent, making buses fare-free and creating city-owned grocery stores funded by higher taxes on the wealthiest residents.
• Progressive endorsements from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fueled a grassroots operation backed by over 20,000 individual donors and 27,000 canvassers.
• If elected, he would become New York City’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor, signaling a shift toward democratic socialist policies within the party.
• He will face independent incumbent Eric Adams and Republican Curtis Sliwa in November’s general election.