Election Day is finally here.
More than a million New Yorkers are expected to hit the polls Tuesday to choose the Big Apple’s next mayor — capping off a dizzying election cycle.
Polling locations across the five boroughs will open at 6 a.m. and keep collecting ballots until 9 p.m. as voters choose between lefty Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa.
Other city offices will also be on the ballot, as well as six proposals being put to voters — but it will be the heated mayoral contest that will be the most closely watched, in New York and even across the country.
The meteoric rise of fledgling, far-left state lawmaker Mamdani sent shockwaves across the Democratic party and beyond, with even President Trump chiming in.
Longtime Democrat Cuomo, who suffered a bruising loss to Mamdani in the June primary, is now running on an independent line but has struggled to gain much ground.
Sliwa, meanwhile, has refused to ditch his campaign as the GOP’s standard-bearer despite even the White House urging him to drop out in a bid to stop a socialist takeover of City Hall and give a leg up to Cuomo.
What time do polls close?
The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.
But remember, if you are on line before closing time, the city is required to accept your vote. So, stay on line!
Follow the latest on the 2025 New York City mayoral election:
- Trump tells New York ‘you must vote’ for Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani in NYC election — and ditch Curtis Sliwa
- Andrew Cuomo would beat Zohran Mamdani in head-to-head race for NYC mayor: bombshell poll
- How Zohran Mamdani’s aloof wife, Rama Duwaji, quietly steered his campaign from behind the scenes
- Zohran Mamdani spews word-salad excuse after Barack Obama endorsement snub just one day before election
When to expect results?
Results will start to pour in within minutes of the polls closing, but media outlets aren’t expected to call the mayoral race until after 10 p.m.
How to find your polling place?
The city has a nifty tool for anyone to easily track down where to vote. Enter your address here, and your location will pop up.
Can you register to vote on Election Day?
No. The last day to register to vote was on Oct. 25.
There are currently more than 5 million registered voters.
Do you need an ID to vote/does it need to be an NY ID?
As long as you provided valid ID when you registered, you will not need to provide identification on Election Day.
What other races are on the ballot?
Two other citywide races, comptroller and public advocate, will be on the ballot.
In addition, races for City Council seats and the district attorneys will be voted on Tuesday.
What are the other ballot propositions?
There are six proposals on the back of the ballot.
If they win a majority of votes, the changes will be codified in the city’s charter.
Who is projected to win?
Polls over the last week have been all over the place — with the latest survey putting Cuomo within 4 points of Mamdani, while another just days prior had Mamdani trouncing the field by 26 points.
It wasn’t until Mayor Eric Adams abandoned his long-shot bid to hold onto City Hall in September, that Cuomo managed to claw his way into 30% of support in polls.
What pollsters have agreed on: Sliwa, is expected to come in third with his support hovering in the mid-teens.
Who has already voted?
More than 730,000 New Yorkers have already cast their ballots — a record turnout for early voting, nearly doubling the showing from the June Democratic primary.
The staggering totals during the nine days of early voting that ended Saturday could suggest an overall turnout come Tuesday night of more than 2 million votes for the first time since 1969.
In 1969, Liberal party candidate John Lindsay eked out a win with 42.4% of the vote over Democratic nominee Mario Procaccino, who nabbed 34.8%.
GOP hopeful John Marchi came in last with 22.7% in what was the last true, three-way contest for mayor in more than 50 years.
That contest drove turnout to more than 81% of registered voters — a shocking share in New York City, where fewer than a quarter of registered voters have hit the polls in recent citywide races.
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