NEW YORK − Will the kid from Kampala ride a youth wave to City Hall? Can a dour former governor find redemption at the ballot box? And what's up with that guy in the beret? New Yorkers are swarming the polls in record numbers to choose between a historic first, a seismic comeback or a vigilante spoiler for mayor.
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist in the state Assembly, would be the first Muslim mayor and first Asian American mayor of the nation's largest city. His nearest competitor is former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a centrist Democrat running as an independent. Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the anti-crime group the Guardian Angels, is a distant third in the polls.
In the Nov. 4 general election, voters will replace outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, whose embattled one term has been hampered by scandals that quashed his hopes of winning reelection.
New Yorkers will also be voting in key City Council and local elections, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, whose office successfully prosecuted President Donald Trump in 2024 for hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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