Within the intently watched New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral main, no candidate reached the 50% threshold wanted to be declared the winner outright. However after a robust exhibiting by state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentioned he’s conceding the Democratic main.
The New York Metropolis Board of Elections reported as of 10:30 p.m. that Mamdani was main among the many candidates voters ranked first on their poll, with 44% of the vote. Cuomo was second with about 36%. Metropolis comptroller Brad Lander adopted with about 11%.
New York mayoral candidate, Andrew Cuomo in New York Metropolis, June 24, 2025 and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York Metropolis, June 4, 2025.
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The early outcomes amounted to a robust exhibiting for Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, who had gained momentum in polling and fundraising within the closing weeks of the marketing campaign and capitalized on social media virality and enthusiasm amongst youthful voters.
“Tonight was not our evening; tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s evening, and he put collectively an amazing marketing campaign and he touched younger folks and impressed them and moved them and acquired them to come back out and vote,” Cuomo mentioned at an occasion with supporters on Tuesday evening. He mentioned later, “Tonight is his evening. He deserved it. He gained. We’re going to have a look and make some selections.”
New York Metropolis mayoral candidate and former New York governor Andrew Cuomo (C) speaks throughout an election social gathering following the primaries on the Carpenters Union in New York Metropolis on June 24, 2025. Ex-governor Cuomo conceded on June 24, 2025, to left-wing rival Zohran Mamdani in New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral main.
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In a shock announcement, Cuomo’s marketing campaign mentioned Tuesday evening he was conceding the first and “trying towards November,” indicating he’s not ruling out an impartial run.
Earlier, Cuomo’s marketing campaign mentioned he would contemplate working on a “Struggle and Ship” poll line within the normal election that he says is supposed for voters disillusioned with the Democratic Celebration.
The first comes almost 4 years after Cuomo resigned the governorship after a number of girls accused him of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. He resigned as governor in 2021 however has constantly denied the allegations.
Within the mayoral race, Cuomo has campaigned on a message of being probably the most skilled within the race and being the candidate who has already taken on Donald Trump throughout his time as governor. Mamdani has targeted on a progressive, economy-focused platform that included a lease freeze for rent-stabilized residences and eliminating fares for New York Metropolis buses.
Mamdani, who can be the town’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest mayor in a century if elected, confronted skepticism over the feasibility of a few of his proposals and backlash over a few of his feedback on Israel.
Even with Cuomo’s announcement, the race is ready to proceed to a ranked-choice depend since no candidate of the 11 on the poll acquired greater than 50%.
Tuesday’s outcomes don’t but replicate any ranked-choice tabulation . Extra complete outcomes will not be reported till July 1, when the board of elections plans to run the ranked-choice tabulations. Beneath the town’s ranked alternative voting system, if no candidate breaks 50%, the candidate with the least quantity of votes is eradicated, and the vote tabulation continues in rounds. Within the second spherical, voters whose first-choice candidate acquired eradicated get their second-choice vote counted. That retains going till solely two candidates stay, and the candidate within the lead at that time wins the first.
A spokesperson for the town’s board of elections, Vincent Ignizio, advised ABC Information that the week-long look forward to complete outcomes is because of, partly, to the time it takes to retrieve voting machine knowledge.
The Board of Elections plans to complete counting votes over the following few weeks and can certify the outcomes on July 15.
Almost 1 million New Yorkers voted early or on the day of the first, per the Board.
Throughout the 2021 Democratic mayoral main, which was the primary time New York Metropolis used ranked-choice voting, a complete of 942,031 votes had been solid within the mayoral race, based on knowledge from the New York Metropolis Board of Elections.
In closely Democratic New York, it’s possible the Democratic main winner within the mayoral race has the benefit within the normal election in November.
Doubtlessly complicating issues nonetheless, is the truth that incumbent Democratic Mayor Eric Adams is working as an impartial within the fall.
