Zohran Mamdani leads the early vote count as the polls close in New York City.
Mamdani has 422,000 votes, 51%, compared to Andrew Cuomo’s 324,914, or 40%, according to the Board of Elections.
The Republican Curtis Sliwa has 8%.
Around 10% of the votes have been counted.
A crowd of several hundred Cuomo supporters gathers at Cuomo’s campaign event in midtown Manhattan to watch the results come in.
The mood is still upbeat as a TV broadcasts the early results, next to a campaign sign reading, “Cuomo: Ready on day one.”
A CNN exit poll shows Cuomo winning 60 percent of Jewish voters, followed Mamdani with 31% of Jewish voters. Sliwa was backed by five percent of Jewish voters, according to the poll, while one percent backed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out of the race and endorsed Cuomo but was still listed on the ballot.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
