Overview
- The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed, with Mamdani at roughly 50% to Andrew Cuomo’s low-40s and Curtis Sliwa near 8%.
- More than two million ballots were cast, the highest mayoral turnout since 1969, and Mamdani surpassed one million votes with most ballots counted.
- At 34, the Queens state assemblymember becomes the city’s first Muslim and first Asian/South Asian mayor after a campaign centered on affordability.
- He ran on a temporary rent freeze for rent‑stabilized tenants, fare‑free buses and a city‑run grocery pilot funded by higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations.
- The contest drew heavy outside spending against him, including at least $22 million to anti‑Mamdani groups and $8.3 million from Michael Bloomberg to a pro‑Cuomo PAC, as Republicans escalated attacks and some urged federal reviews of his citizenship; Mamdani is set to be sworn in January 1.