{"id":29190,"date":"2025-11-05T04:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29190\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:34:42","slug":"zohran-mamdani-wins-2025-nyc-mayoral-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29190\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani wins 2025 NYC mayoral election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Far-left Democrat Zohran Mamdani<\/a> has won New York City\u2019s mayoral race \u2014 winning a mandate to move to enact his budget-busting, socialist agenda, according to preliminary projections.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press called the race for Mamdani, 34, about 40 minutes after polls closed, and with at least a few hundred thousand votes still to be counted. <\/p>\n

Mamdani carried 50.4% of votes to Andrew Cuomo\u2019s<\/a> 41.3% at around 9:40 p.m. The projection \u2014 which came with 75% of votes counted \u2014 also found GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa with rock-bottom 7.5%.<\/p>\n

Far-left Democrat Zohran Mamdani won New York City\u2019s mayoral race on Tuesday. James Keivom<\/p>\n

The Uganda-born Mamdani <\/a>will be the Big Apple\u2019s first Muslim and first socialist mayor, as well as one of the youngest.<\/p>\n

The state assemblyman\u2019s rise from dark horse candidate to ascendant mayor-elect came despite concerns over his youth and inexperience and his \u201ctax the rich\u201d platform that business elites warned would harm the city.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani, a proud Democratic Socialists of America member<\/a>, also faced repeated questions over his past anti-police stance and accusations of antisemitism for his fierce, long-running criticism of Israel.<\/p>\n

His stunning win capped an explosive campaign that exposed rifts in the Democratic Party and drew widespread attention, including from President Trump \u2014 who issued an election-eve endorsement <\/a>of Cuomo and threatened to withhold<\/a> federal funds to New York City if Mamdani won.<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live updates from the NYC mayoral primary as frontrunners Cuomo and Mamdani battle for the Democratic nomination<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social. \u201cYou must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!\u201d<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani, circled, with Jewish Voice for Peace NYC, blocking the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. Instagram\/@zohrankmamdani<\/p>\n

Mamdani led Cuomo by just 6 points in an AtlasIntel survey released Saturday. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post<\/p>\n

A rolling drumbeat of polls released as early voting unfolded and Election Day neared showed Mamdani ahead of his rivals, but by wildly different degrees of comfort<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mamdani led Cuomo by just 4 points <\/a>in an AtlasIntel survey released Monday, just days after an Emerson College poll found him with a yawning 25-point lead.<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani and supporters arriving at City Hall Park with an \u201cOUR TIME IS NOW\u201d banner. William Farrington<\/p>\n

Early voting tallies showed Boomers, Gen Xers and older New Yorkers<\/a> showed up on the polls more than in the primary, when younger generations propelled Mamdani to his shock victory.<\/p>\n

But Cuomo \u2014 the former three-term Democratic governor who spent $12 million on his campaign, and was buoyed by $55 million from supportive super PACs \u2014 failed at his attempted political comeback against the lefty upstart, competing with the GOP\u2019s standard-bearer on the crowded ballot.<\/p>\n

The New York Post\u2019s front cover for the Nov. 5, 2025 print edition.<\/p>\n

The unusual election was the city\u2019s first contest between a trio of viable contenders since 1969 when Republican John Lindsay won in a three-way race.<\/p>\n

The general election field briefly had five candidates, as Cuomo opted to run as an independent alongside incumbent scandal-scarred Mayor Eric Adams and longshot contender Jim Walden.<\/p>\n

The three-way race between Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa turned caustic, as the trio battled over the future of New York City. Michael Nigro<\/p>\n

But the field narrowed as Walden withdrew and Adams \u2014 after a weeks-long melodrama<\/a> in which the White House tried to entice him to drop out \u2014 eventually ditched his re-election bid.<\/p>\n

The three-way race between Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa turned caustic, as the trio battled over the future of New York City.<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani speaking at a Within Our Lifetime Palestine Protest in front of a sign that says \u201cThere is only one solution: Intifada revolution.\u201d Instagram\/@zohrankmamdani<\/p>\n

Cuomo hammered the public with dire, gloom-and-doom warnings about Mamdani\u2019s lack of executive experience and thin resume, as well as try to poke holes in the lefty darling\u2019s $10 billion in pie-in-the-sky proposals.<\/p>\n

Mamdani relentlessly focused on his affordability mantra as he avoided coughing up details in two bruising debates with Cuomo and Sliwa \u2014 and fielded a barrage of criticism over his anti-Israel<\/a>, pro-socialism<\/a> and cop-bashing<\/a> stances.<\/p>\n

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The aloof Cuomo<\/a> \u2014 who more than resurrected his 1980s nickname \u201cThe Prince of Darkness<\/a>\u201d with his relentless attacks \u2014 seemingly failed to offer a compelling vision for voters, who rebuked him at the ballot box.<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani, in a white shirt and black shorts, runs the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park alongside the Harlem Run Club. X\/@ZohranKMamdani<\/p>\n

In the last days of the heated race, Cuomo scored an endorsement from Adams<\/a>, and the begrudging support from many Republicans, including Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler, who called him the \u201clesser of two evils.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani spent the race\u2019s final days in the full sprint that defined his campaign from the beginning, hitting the pavement across the city. <\/p>\n

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in disgrace in 2021, joined the packed Democratic primary in March, but saw his front-runner status chipped away by Mamdani, who had announced in candidacy in October 2024 as a near-unknown.<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani kisses his wife, Rama Duwaji, after running a marathon. Instagram\/@zohrankmamdani<\/p>\n

Mamdani, who was first elected to the state Legislature in 2020, steadily amassed an enthusiastic cadre of supporters electrified by his personable social media videos and easy-to-digest campaign planks of free buses, universal childcare, a rent freeze and city-owned grocery stores.<\/p>\n

His historic primary victory<\/a> in June amounted to a \u201cpolitical earthquake<\/a>,\u201d signaling the growing strength of progressives and young voters within the Democratic Party \u2014 and with aftershocks across the nation.<\/p>\n

The prospect of the nation\u2019s largest city being led by an unapologetic socialist \u2014 who vowed to \u201ctax the rich\u201d to pay for his $10 billion agenda \u2014 also sent business bigwigs in a full-blown meltdown. <\/p>\n

Rebecca Kadaga and Zohran Mamdani smiling for a photo. X\/@RebeccaKadagaUG<\/p>\n

Republicans such as Trump, who belittled Mamdani as \u201cmy little Communist<\/a>,\u201d alternately salivated over using the socialist\u2019s win as cudgel against Democrats and plotted to thwart his election.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of his bruising primary loss, Cuomo flirted with sitting out the general election before launching a scorched-earth independent bid casting himself as the true Democrat and best bulwark against a Trump who\u2019d knock Mamdani on his \u201ctuches.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani and other protestors wearing \u201cCeasefire Now\u201d shirts at Grand Central Station. Instagram\/@zohrankmamdani<\/p>\n

Supporters of the Cuomo political family scion unironically cast Mamdani, the son of a Columbia University professor dad and a filmmaker mom who grew up on the Upper West Side, as a \u201cnepo baby.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mamdani struggled with gaining support from many establishment Dems in New York and beyond squeamish about anointing a far-left pol as the future of the party. <\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani protesting the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, speaking into a microphone. Instagram\/@zohrankmamdani<\/p>\n

He eventually landed late-in-the-game endorsements from Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>, while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> and former President Barack Obama <\/a>refused to the end.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s grand plans for taxing the rich, free buses and universal childcare all face an uncertain future in Albany, where Hochul and lawmakers have the final say.<\/p>\n

Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. James Keivom<\/p>\n

Hochul has pointedly refused to consider raising taxes, while Mamdani boosters state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins signaled they\u2019ll work him to enact his sweeping socialist agenda.<\/p>\n

Mamdani \u2014 who will be sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m \u2014 will be the first immigrant to serve as the city\u2019s leader since Abe Beame was elected in 1974.<\/p>\n

He also will take the crown as the second-youngest mayor in the city\u2019s history, bumping the \u201cBoy Mayor\u201d John Purroy Mitchel, who was just three months older than Mamdani when he was sworn in at 34 in\u00a01914.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Far-left Democrat Zohran Mamdani has won New York City\u2019s mayoral race \u2014 winning a mandate to move to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80,154,17353,416,1442,57,9,24,11,10,1093,563,58,82],"class_list":["post-29190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-curtis-sliwa","tag-election-day-2025","tag-elections","tag-mayors","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nyc-mayoral-election","tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}