Mamdani leads in early returns
The scene at Zohran Mamdani's election night watch party.
With 36% of the vote tallied in New York City, according to the Associated Press citing the New York Times, Zohran Mamdani has more than 51% of the vote. Andrew M. Cuomo has 39.7%, while Curtis Sliwa has 8%.
Minutes after polls closed, New York City's Board of Elections posted early results showing Mamdani with 51.52% of the votes counted and Cuomo with 39.67%. Just under 11% of scanners had been counted.
Volunteers Mahtab Khan, of Jamaica, Queens, and Kharul Islam and Kobir Chowdhury, of Ozone Park, Queens, celebrated at Mamdani’s victory party.
The attire at the election night party for Mamdani was unlike any in memory: headscarves, kufis, keffiyehs, tunics and other head coverings.
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Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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