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Mamdani carried 50.4% of votes to Andrew Cuomo’s 41.3% at around 9:40 p.m. The projection — which came with 75% of votes counted — also found GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa with rock-bottom 7.5%.
The Uganda-born Mamdani will be the Big Apple’s first Muslim and first socialist mayor, as well as one of the youngest.
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Mamdani, a proud Democratic Socialists of America member, also faced repeated questions over his past anti-police stance and accusations of antisemitism for his fierce, long-running criticism of Israel.
His stunning win capped an explosive campaign that exposed rifts in the Democratic Party and drew widespread attention, including from President Trump — who issued an election-eve endorsement of Cuomo and threatened to withhold federal funds to New York City if Mamdani won.
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Mamdani led Cuomo by just 4 points in an AtlasIntel survey released Monday, just days after an Emerson College poll found him with a yawning 25-point lead.
Early voting tallies showed Boomers, Gen Xers and older New Yorkers showed up on the polls more than in the primary, when younger generations propelled Mamdani to his shock victory.
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The general election field briefly had five candidates, as Cuomo opted to run as an independent alongside incumbent scandal-scarred Mayor Eric Adams and longshot contender Jim Walden.
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The three-way race between Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa turned caustic, as the trio battled over the future of New York City.
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Mamdani relentlessly focused on his affordability mantra as he avoided coughing up details in two bruising debates with Cuomo and Sliwa — and fielded a barrage of criticism over his anti-Israel, pro-socialism and cop-bashing stances.