Early Voting Outpaces Last Cycle, as 400,000 Cast Ballots
Early voters streamed to the polls on a windy Halloween Friday, some in costume, while the candidates campaigned across New York City seeking a winning formula in a rancorous three-way contest for mayor.
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a left-wing Democrat whose promises to freeze some rents and raise taxes to pay for social programs have worried the business community, remained the front-runner in recent polls. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, running as an independent, and the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa, have been dividing up moderate and conservative voters.
More than 480,000 voters have already cast early ballots, far outpacing early voting in the last mayoral race. It remains unclear, however, how much higher final turnout will be.
Moderate supporters of Mr. Cuomo, a former governor, were rallying to give him a final push. Michael R. Bloomberg, the city’s billionaire former mayor, donated $3.5 million this week to a super PAC trying to stop Mr. Mamdani, on top of $1.5 million he donated to another anti-Mamdani group.
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