While Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa voted early, Mamdani and Cuomo flocked to their local polling sites Tuesday morning. Polls close at 9 p.m. in New York City.<\/p>\n
“It is time now for a new day in our politics,” Mamdani told reporters after voting alongside his wife Rama Duwaji at Frank Sinatra School of Arts in Queens.<\/p>\n
After voting with his daughters in Manhattan, Cuomo told reporters there is a “civil war” brewing in the Democratic Party, where the “extreme, radical left that is run by the socialists,” like Mamdani, are challenging “moderate Democrats,” like himself.<\/p>\n
CUOMO CLOSES GAP ON MAMDANI AS NYC MAYOR RACE TIGHTENS DRAMATICALLY IN NEW POLL<\/a><\/p>\n Mayoral candidates Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo cast their ballots on Election Day on Nov. 4, 2025, in New York City. (Adam Gray\/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Timothy A. Clary\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I think if the far-left socialists<\/a> were to win, I think long-term, it would be very detrimental to the future of the Democratic Party,” Cuomo said. “This country is not a socialist country. This city is not a socialist city. The state is not a socialist state. Socialism has never worked anywhere on the globe. Not Venezuela, not Cuba. It’s not going to work in New York City.”<\/p>\n CUOMO SAYS TRUMP WILL DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD, SLASH NYC FUNDS IF MAMDANI WINS MAYOR\u2019S RACE<\/a><\/p>\n But when Mamdani was asked during his own media availability Tuesday morning what his success in New York City would signal for the future of the Democratic Party, he said, “My ambitions are squarely within these five boroughs.”<\/p>\n In his closing pitch, Mamdani said his campaign ends where it began, as one “that looks to transform the most expensive city in the United States of America into one that’s affordable for each and every person that calls it home.”<\/p>\n Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani holds hands with his wife Rama Duwaji after they voted at a polling location at Frank Sinatra School of Arts in the Queens borough of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Leonard Munzo\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said state authorities briefly closed several polling places<\/a> across the neighboring Garden State due to “threats received by email” on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Mamdani called it “incredibly concerning.”<\/p>\n “I think that it is an illustration of the attacks we’re seeing on our democracy,” Mamdani said. “Sometimes they’re blatant and explicit in the manner of these bomb threats…”<\/p>\n The Democratic nominee said one of his supporters was harassed at a polling site after voting for him.<\/p>\n “We have to understand this as part of the general approach the Trump administration has taken to trying to intimidate voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud as a means of trying to repress the voice of Americans across this country,” Mamdani claimed.<\/p>\n “When we think about how best to fight Donald Trump<\/a>, one way we can do so is by understanding Andrew Cuomo for what he is: the candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, Elon Musk<\/a> and Stephen Miller,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n Andrew Cuomo, ballot in hand, walks to a voting booth in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)<\/p>\n![\"Zohran](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mamdani-cuomo-vote-1.png\")
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