New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor on Tuesday, signaling a major leftward shift in city Democratic politics.
The 34-year-old Queens Assemblyman defeated centrist and former Governor Andrew Cuomo by a comfortable margin. Mamdani received a total of 1,036,051 votes (50.39%) versus Cuomo, who garnered 854,995 votes (41.59%), according to unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections.
"Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power," Mamdani said in his victory speech at the Brooklyn Paramount theater on Tuesday. "And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty."
Over two million New Yorkers cast their ballots, the most since 1969.
In Brooklyn, 374,094 voters cast their ballot for Mamdani, 245,581 for Cuomo and 29,876 for Republican Curtis Sliwa. Most voters in southern Brooklyn leaned towards Cuomo, including in Borough Park, Midwood, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park and Mill Basin, according to BOE data. With the exception of South Williamburg, most residents in northern, central and eastern Brooklyn cast their ballot for Mamdani.
During an interview on Spectrum News New York 1 on Wednesday, Mamdani said he was disappointed in the "nature of bigotry" or Islamophobia that was seen in the mayoral race. Although millions of dollars were spent "trying to make it seems as if I was the person who would keep New Yorkers up at night," Mamdani said the focus from voters was the cost of rent, groceries and childcare.
Mamdani, who said he had spoken to Sliwa, but not to Cuomo or Mayor Eric Adams, noted that he does not begrudge New Yorkes who did not vote for him.
"My job now is to lead the entirety of the city," he said.
Meanwhile, in a tight Brooklyn City Council race in District 47, which covers portions of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Coney Island, Democrat Kayla Santosuosso defeated Republican George Sarantopoulos.
New Yorkers rejected ballot proposals 1 and 6, which would have allowed an Olympic Sports Complex and ski trails to to be built in Essex County, and move election dates for city officers to the same year as federal presidential elections, respectively.
Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5, or measures that would fast-track housing, passed. Eric Gonzalez, who ran uncontested, was voted as Brooklyn District Attorney.
Below are the unofficial election results from the BOE for Brooklyn voters:
Mayor
Winner: Zohran Mamdani (Democratic, Working Families): 1,036,051 votes (50.39%)
Andrew Cuomo (Flight & Deliver): 854,995 (41.59%)
Curtis Sliwa (Republican): 146,137 (7.11%)
Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams (Democratic, Working Families)
Comptroller
Mark Levine (Democratic)
Borough President
Antonio Reynoso (Democratic, Working Families)
City Council
District 33 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn)
Lincoln Restler (Democratic, Working Families)
District 34 (Williamsburg, Bushwick)
Jennifer Gutierrez (Democratic, Working Families)
District 35 (Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights)
Crystal Hudson (Democratic, Working Families)
District 36 (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights)
Chi Ossé
District 37 (Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, Ocean Hill, Brownsville)
Sandy Nurse
District 38 (Sunset Park, Red Hook, Park Slope, Borogh Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst)
Alexa Avilés (Democratic, Working Families)
District 39 (Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill)
Shahana Hanif (Democratic, Working Families)
District 40 (Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, Midwood)
Rita Joseph (Democratic, Working Families)
District 41 (Crown Heights, Wingate, Flatbush, Brownsville)
Darlene Mealy (Democratic)
District 42 (East New York, Starrett City, East Flatbush, Canarsie)
Chris Banks (Democratic)
District 43 (Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, Midwood, Gravesend)
Susan Zhuang (Democratic, Conservative)
District 44 (Borough Park, Flatbush, Midwood)
Simcha Felder (Democratic, Conservative, Law & Order)
District 45 (Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Canarsie)
Farah Louis (Democratic)
District 46 (Bergen Beach, Georgetown, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay)
Mercedes Narcisse (Democratic)
District 47 (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Coney Island)
Winner: Kayla Santosuosso (Democratic, Working Families): 21,665 (59.31%)
George Sarantopoulos (Republican, Conservative): 14,782 (40.47%)
District 48 (Gravesend, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach)
Inna Vernikov (Republican, Conservative)
District 50 (Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton and parts of Staten Island)
David Carr (Republican, Conservative)
