New York City 2025 election results: Mamdani, Cuomo, Sliwa face off

New York City's mayoral race both gives voters a chance to choose between divergent visions for the city, and, to an extent, represents the struggle between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party. The Democratic nominee, state Assemblyman and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, is facing off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who is running as an independent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, along with some other independent and third-party candidates. Mamdani, campaigning on a progressive economic platform, has remained the front-runner since clinching the Democratic primary and has notched key endorsements from figures such as Gov. Kathy Hochul. But he has faced some backlash over the feasibility of his proposals and current or former views on issues such as policing. Meanwhile, Cuomo has been attempting a political comeback, after leaving the public eye when he resigned as governor in 2021 amid sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct allegations. He has framed himself as a moderate who can tap into his previous experience as governor to deliver. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, separately, has rebuffed calls to drop out of the race and argued that he's above the fray of the other candidates; he faced off against incumbent Eric Adams in 2021. Adams himself chose not to run in the Democratic primary and initially mounted an independent campaign, but suspended his campaign in late September, saying that media speculation and funds withheld by the city's campaign finance board undermined his ability to fundraise.