It’s a big day in the Big Apple.
More New Yorkers already voted in Tuesday’s election than in all of 2021 — leaving the city on pace to break even more historic records in the widely watched race.
By Tuesday afternoon, roughly 1.45 million voters had cast ballots in the race, with roughly 719,000 on Election Day alone, Board of Elections figures show.
Voter turnout had already surpassed the 2021 mayoral election by early afternoon Tuesday. REUTERS
Voters wait in line to fill out their ballots in Brooklyn on Election Day. REUTERS
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani voting with his wife Rama Duwaji at Frank Sinatra School of Arts High School in Astoria. James Keivom
The turnout so far eclipses the 1.15 million people – including just over 250,000 early and mail-in ballots – who voted in the last mayoral election that vaulted Eric Adams into his one and only term in office.
And hours remained for even more voters to cast ballots, as polling locations across all five boroughs weren’t set to shut until 9 p.m.
As of midday, just over 478,000 had cast ballots in Brooklyn and 383,000 in Manhattan, including early voters, Board of Elections data shows.
Andrew Cuomo went to vote along with his daughters in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. AP
Queens trailed behind with 343,000, the Bronx with 146,000 and Staten Island with 101,000, the data shows.
Democratic socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, all voted first thing Tuesday.
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“I voted for Cuomo. I like him. He’s trying to follow in his father’s footsteps, keeping the legacy going,” Omar Edwards, a 46 year-old engineer, told The Post at a Brooklyn polling location.
“My mother voted for Zohran. I know nothing about the man. You want to defund the police, tax the rich – that’s the Z-man. That’s all I know about him.”
COP candidate Curtis Sliwa joined his wife Nancy when she voted Tuesday morning on W 72st. Robert Miller
Meanwhile, Adrian Buckmaster, 70, and his 56-year-old partner, Irene Delgado, both backed Mamdani.
“Zohran is a breath of fresh air,” Buckmaster said. “I think he’s straight and honest. He walks the walk. I hope it works.”
“If he gets in by a good margin, I think it’ll change how people see politics. It’ll give the right a big jolt. It’s telling how they are rallying against him,” he added.
A New York City voter casts a vote alongside her two patient dogs in Manhattan Tuesday. REUTERS
In a last ditch effort to sway New Yorkers, Cuomo trashed Mamdani’s rhetoric and argued a ballot for Sliwa was a wasted vote – soon after President Trump threw his support behind the former governor on the eve of the election.
“President Trump saying to the Republicans, ‘Don’t vote for Sliwa, you are wasting your vote,’ that could be very helpful,” Cuomo told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
“President Trump is pragmatic. He is telling them the reality of the situation, which is if you do not vote, Mamdani is going to win. Republicans, you have to get up and come out and vote. Even if you are not voting Republican, you are voting to save New York City.
“It’s all B.S. It’s all campaign rhetoric,” Cuomo added of Mamdani’s promises.
Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts