NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The final day for in-person early voting in New York City was record-breaking.
New Yorkers took advantage of early voting through Sunday, and more than 735,000 people have already cast their ballots. The early turnout was four times larger than the mayor’s race in 2021.
The candidates are making a final push to connect with voters before Election Day on Tuesday. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani campaigned in the Harlem neighborhood.
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“The reason you will find me speaking to New Yorkers at 2 in the morning or at 9 in the morning is that we want to make sure we speak to anyone we can before polls close,” Mamdani said.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, visited a church in the Bronx.
“We have the momentum, people understand the issues now. They are focused, they are coming out and we are going to win,” Cuomo said.
Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa held a rally at a park in Woodhaven, Brooklyn. “They didn’t want our voices heard in 2021 when I warned everyone that every Adams would be corrupt and it would be chaos,” Sliwa said.
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According to exclusive polling from NewsNation affiliate WPIX, Emerson College and The Hill, Mamdani holds a strong lead with 50%, followed by Cuomo at 25%, and Sliwa at 21%. If the polls are right, 34-year-old Mamdani could soon make history by becoming New York’s youngest mayor in more than a century, and the city’s first Muslim and immigrant to hold the office in modern times.
There is no early voting on Monday. Poll workers will use Monday to prep for the all-important Election Day, when voting begins at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
