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Correction — June 27, 2025
This article claims Zohran Mamdani has previously been elected to a “New York City Assembly”; in fact, he serves in the New York State Assembly, while the legislative body of New York City is the City Council.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
On Tuesday night, Andrew Cuomo conceded to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic primary election for mayor. Though Mamdani holds 44% of first-choice votes to Cuomo’s 36% of first-choice votes, the race has not been called yet as the election is expected to proceed into its ranked-choice voting system. As of late that evening, 90% of votes had been counted.
“Tonight is his night,” Cuomo said of his rival, who was endorsed by progressive figures Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Andrew Cuomo formerly had served as governor of New York State but resigned in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal. Mamdani was elected to the New York City Assembly in 2020 and has been reelected twice.
