{"id":30486,"date":"2025-11-06T07:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/30486\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:33:24","slug":"zohran-mamdani-to-become-the-next-nyc-mayor-as-shirley-aldebol-justin-sanchez-win-bronx-city-council-races-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/30486\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani to become the next NYC mayor as Shirley Aldebol, Justin Sanchez win Bronx City Council races \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a night to remember when shortly after the polls closed, Zohran Mamdani \u2014 a 34-year-old assembly member from Queens \u2014 was elected as New York City\u2019s 111 mayor<\/a>. Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, will be the first Muslim candidate ever elected to the highest office in America\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n

Locally, Bronx residents voted in the 2025 mayoral, public advocate, city comptroller, borough president and local city council races. More than 1.7 million votes had been cast citywide as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, including 187,399 votes in the Bronx, according to the city\u2019s Board of Elections<\/a>\u00a0(BOE).<\/p>\n

The Bronx Times was at polling sites<\/a> across the borough speaking to voters throughout the day on who they wanted to see for mayor and other local races.<\/p>\n

ABC and NBC called the NYC Mayor\u2019s Race for Mamdani just after 9:35 p.m., with roughly 75% of the vote counted. With almost all precincts now reported, Mamdani had slightly over 50% of the vote (1,012,850) over independent former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who nabbed 41.6% (837,398), according to unofficial results from the city Board of Elections.<\/p>\n

This election had a historic turnout,\u00a0with more than 2 million votes cast<\/a> \u2014 the highest number in a mayoral election since 1969.\u00a0 Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, who remained in the race until the very end\u00a0despite immense pressure from Cuomo and others to drop out<\/a>, came in third place with 7.16% (144,123).<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Jonathan Portee<\/p>\n

Mamdani will take office as mayor on New Year\u2019s Day, succeeding Eric Adams, who\u00a0bowed out of the general election amid low poll numbers<\/a>\u00a0in late September and had\u00a0recently endorsed Cuomo<\/a>. The mayor-to-be, currently a Queens Assembly member, will also be the second-youngest mayor in the city\u2019s history; Hugh Grant, who served between 1889 and 1892 at just 31 years old.<\/p>\n

Throughout the Bronx, the most watched local races were: District 13 City Council<\/a>, where Shirley Aldebol \u2014 a Democrat in her first political campaign \u2014 defeated Republican incumbent Kristy Marmorato by more than 1,800 votes. Along with District 17 City Council<\/a>, where Justin Sanchez \u2014 who former was Chief of Staff to State Senator Nathalia Fernandez and Director of Latino Outreach for the New York State Democratic Party \u2014 took over from Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., who is term-limited after eight years in office. Sanchez received 14,106 votes, beating his Republican opponent, Rosaline Nieves by 12,196 votes.<\/p>\n

In an official statement following the win, Aldebol thanked her supporters and said, \u201cI promise the people of the East Bronx that I will be a representative for us all, I\u2019ll listen, and I\u2019ll fight like hell for safe streets, quality schools, affordable housing, and economic opportunity for every resident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is much work to do, but tonight I am hopeful and optimistic that brighter days are ahead for our communities.\u201d
\n\"\"Democrat Shirley Aldebol celebrated her election to District 13 City Council seat on Nov. 4, 2025, marking the city\u2019s only seat to flip political parties. Photo by Emily Swanson\n<\/p>\n

The unofficial results as of Wednesday, Nov. 5, (projected winners are in bold):<\/p>\n

Mayor<\/p>\n

Zohran Kwame Mamdani\u00a0(Democrat\/Working Families):\u00a050.34%\n<\/p>\n

Curtis A. Sliwa\u00a0(Republican\/Protect Animals): 7.13%\n<\/p>\n

Andrew M. Cuomo\u00a0(Fight and Deliver): 41.61%\n<\/p>\n

Irene Estrada\u00a0(Conservative): 0.13%\n<\/p>\n

Jim Walden\u00a0(Integrity): 0.11%\n<\/p>\n

Joseph Hernandez\u00a0(Quality of Life): 0.06%\n<\/p>\n

Eric L. Adams (Safe and Affordable\/End Antisemitism): 0.31%\n<\/p>\n

Public Advocate\n<\/p>\n

Jumaane D. Williams\u00a0(Democrat\/Working Families):\u00a072.67%\n<\/p>\n

Gonzalo Duran\u00a0(Republican\/Conservative\/United Alliance): 24.88%\n<\/p>\n

Marty Dolan\u00a0(The Unity): 2.26%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Comptroller\n<\/p>\n

Mark D. Levine\u00a0(Democrat):\u00a074.87%\n<\/p>\n

Peter Kefalas\u00a0(Republican\/Conservative): 22.80%\n<\/p>\n

Ismael Malave Perez\u00a0(The Unity): 2.13%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Borough President\n<\/p>\n

Vanessa Gibson (Democrat\/Working Families): 82.59%\n<\/p>\n

Grace Marrero (Republican\/Conservative): 17.20%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.20%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Judge of the Civil Court\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Shekera Anessa Algarin (Democratic): 98.83%\n<\/p>\n

Write in: 1.17%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Judge of the Civil Court, 1st Municipal Court District\n<\/p>\n

Katherine A. O\u2019Brien (Democratic): 98.82%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 1.18%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Judge of the Civil Court, 2nd Municipal Court District\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Lauvienska E. Polanco (Democratic): 98.93%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 1.07%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 8\n<\/p>\n

Elsie Encarnacion (Democratic\/Working Families): 84.67%\n<\/p>\n

Tyreek Goodman (Republican\/Conservative): 11.98%\n<\/p>\n

Federico Colon (The Unity): 3.12%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.23%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 11\n<\/p>\n

Eric Dinowitz (Democratic): 82.07%\n<\/p>\n

Stylo Sapaskis (Republican): 13.13%\n<\/p>\n

Denise Smith (Conservative): 4.01%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.79%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 12\n<\/p>\n

Kevin C. Riley (Democratic): 90.45%\n<\/p>\n

Franchie Muniz Sr. (Republican): 6.56%\n<\/p>\n

James Washington-Ward (Conservative\/United Alliance): 2.78%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.20%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 13\n<\/p>\n

Shirley Aldebol (Democratic\/Working Families): 51.59%\n<\/p>\n

Kristy Marmorato (Republican\/Conservative): 46.20%\n<\/p>\n

Joel Rivera (The Unity): 2.08%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.13%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 14\n<\/p>\n

Pierina A. Sanchez (Democratic\/Working Families): 99.21%\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.79%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 15\n<\/p>\n

Oswald J. Feliz (Democratic): 85.63%\n<\/p>\n

Aramis Ocasio (Republican): 11.59%\n<\/p>\n

Gary Lutz (Conservative): 2.54%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 16\n<\/p>\n

Althea V. Stevens (Democratic\/Working Families): 88.41%\n<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Findlay (Republican\/Conservative): 11.42%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.17%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 17\n<\/p>\n

Justin E. Sanchez (Democratic\/Working Families): 86.02%\n<\/p>\n

Rosaline Nieves (Republican): 10.49%\n<\/p>\n

Marisol Duran (Conservative): 3.22%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.27%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council, District 18\n<\/p>\n

Amanda C. Farias (Democratic\/Working Families): 88.11%\n<\/p>\n

Shuvonkar Saha (Republican): 8.51%\n<\/p>\n

Zenobia Merced Bonilla (Conservative): 2.12%\n<\/p>\n

Wilfredo Hierrezuelo (United Alliance): 1.02%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 0.25%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council. District 22\n<\/p>\n

Tiffany L. Caban (Democratic\/Working Families): 97.28%\n<\/p>\n

Write-in: 2.72%\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Results for all races will be certified once all ballots are counted.\n<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Ethan Stark-Miller and Emily Swanson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a night to remember when shortly after the polls closed, Zohran Mamdani \u2014 a 34-year-old assembly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[16290,128,18416,18417,15891,18206,9,24,63,18207,129,131,130,6707,82],"class_list":["post-30486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-2025-nyc-mayoral-election","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-voter-turnout","tag-bronx-voting","tag-justin-sanchez","tag-kristy-marmorato","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-shirley-aldebol","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-vanessa-gibson","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30486","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=30486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}