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New york city City’s mayoral race both offers citizens a possibility to select in between different visions for the city, and, to a level, stands for the battle in between the modern and modest wings of the Democratic Celebration.
The Autonomous candidate, state Assemblyman and autonomous socialist Zohran Mamdani, is challenging versus previous Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat that is running as an independent, and Republican prospect Curtis Sliwa, in addition to a few other independent and third-party prospects.

New york city City mayoral prospects, Andrew Cuomo, Oct. 7, 2025, Zohran Mamdani, Oct. 8, 2025 and Curtis Sliwa, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Mamdani, marketing on a dynamic financial system, has actually continued to be the front-runner because securing the Autonomous key and has actually scratched essential recommendations from numbers such as Gov. Kathy Hochul. However he has actually encountered some reaction over the expediency of his propositions and present or previous sights on problems such as policing.
At The Same Time, Cuomo has actually been trying a political return, after leaving the general public eye when he surrendered as guv in 2021 amidst unwanted sexual advances and unsuitable conduct claims. He has actually mounted himself as a modest that can use his previous experience as guv to provide.
Republican prospect Curtis Sliwa, individually, has actually rejected phone call to leave of the race and said that he’s over the battle royal of the various other prospects; he took on versus incumbent Eric Adams in 2021.
Adams himself picked not to run in the Autonomous key and at first placed an independent project, yet suspended his project in late September, stating that media conjecture and funds held back by the city’s project money board threatened his capability to fundraise.