"Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo decried socialism as he shook hands in Manhattan and the Bronx, Democrat Zohran Mamdani walked over the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters at sunrise and Republican Curtis Sliwa campaigned on Coney Island as New York City's mayoral candidates sprinted through their last full day of campaigning before Tuesday's election. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, speaks during a mayoral debate with independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York."
"The campaign hurtled toward its end after a final stretch that included the conclusion of early voting, President Donald Trump throwing his support behind Cuomo and Cuomo releasing AI-driven attack ads. More than 735,000 votes were cast during the city's nine days of early, in-person voting - more than four times the number of ballots cast during the only other mayor's race to allow early voting, in 2021."
"Cuomo's schedule was packed Monday, with stops in each of the boroughs for a get-out-the-vote effort. He wasted little time in attacking Mamdani. At one early stop, the former governor likened a potential Mamdani administration to left-wing governments in Latin America. "Socialism didn't work in Venezuela. Socialism didn't work in Cuba. Socialism is not going to work in New York City," he said."
New York City's mayoral candidates made concentrated final-day campaign pushes across boroughs, with Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa holding events in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Coney Island. Cuomo criticized socialism and compared a potential Mamdani administration to left-wing Latin American governments, declaring socialism failed in Venezuela and Cuba and would not work in New York City. The race intensified after President Donald Trump endorsed Cuomo and Cuomo released AI-driven attack ads. Early, in-person turnout reached more than 735,000 ballots over nine days—substantially higher than 2021 mayoral early voting totals—while some polling sites saw hour-long lines.
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