Independent campaigner erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican campaigner Curtis Sliwa and Democratic campaigner Zohran Mamdani enactment successful a mayoral debate, successful New York, U.S. October 16, 2025.
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New York City voters volition elite a caller mayor connected Tuesday, arsenic 2 well-known Big Apple names strive to bushed a comparative newcomer, Zohran Mamdani, a antiauthoritarian socialist whose abrupt governmental ascendance has drawn attraction nationwide.
Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee, is facing disconnected against erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a longtime Democrat running arsenic an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, laminitis of Guardian Angels.
The victor volition regenerate New York's scandal-plagued mayor, Eric Adams, who dropped retired of the contention successful precocious September.
Mamdani, a authorities Assemblyman present successful his 3rd term, defeated the 67-year-old Cuomo successful a stunning upset successful June's Democratic ranked-choice primary.
Polls for the wide predetermination person consistently shown Mamdani starring the race.
Mamdani, a autochthonal of Uganda who became a naturalized U.S. national successful 2018, has called for a frost successful the rent of rent-stabilized apartments successful the city, escaped nationalist buses and the instauration of city-owned market stores.
His level and governmental worldview person sparked a backlash from metropolis billionaires and different concern interests, with anti-Mamdani governmental enactment committees raising much than $40 million to reason his candidacy and backmost Cuomo.
Cuomo, who antecedently was U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, arsenic good arsenic New York authorities lawyer general, resigned arsenic politician successful August 2021 aft being accused by aggregate women of intersexual harassment.
Cuomo, whose father, Mario Cuomo, served 3 presumption arsenic the state's governor, has denied wrongdoing.
His run level calls for expanding the size of the city's constabulary department, deploying much officers successful the city's subways, gathering much affordable lodging and reducing schoolhouse people size.
The erstwhile vigor big Sliwa, 71, successful his 2nd run for mayor, has leaned heavy connected issues surrounding nationalist safety, and called for hiring 7,000 further constabulary officers.
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Adams besides had been moving arsenic an autarkic aft skipping his Democratic Party's primary.
Adams' nationalist support ratings had plummeted aft his indictment successful 2024 connected national corruption charges, which were aboriginal dismissed by a justice astatine the behest of the Department of Justice pursuing the instrumentality of President Donald Trump to the White House.
Adams past period endorsed Cuomo, whom helium had precocious called a "snake and a liar."
Since Adams' withdrawal, Sliwa has faced intensifying pressure to discontinue the contention to boost Cuomo's chances against Mamdani.
Among those calling for Sliwa to driblet retired has been his chap Republican, Trump, who has repeatedly and inaccurately claimed that Mamdani is simply a "communist."
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