Betting sites believe Zohran Mamdani is the clear favourite to win this year’s New York mayoral election, but Eric Adams still has a chance of retaining the post. New Yorkers will head to the polls in November to vote for a new mayor, and Adams will defend the seat he won in 2021.

Zohran Mamdani became the Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor Tuesday, bolstered by a coalition of younger and middle-class voters across Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. The decisive win comes ahead of the first competitive general election in New York City in more than a decade.

By January, state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and Harvey Epstein could all be serving in city government, triggering special elections to replace them in the state Legislature.

This drew the ire of President Donald Trump, who falsely claimed that Mamdani, who moved to the US at seven and was naturalized in 2018, was in the country illegally. Representative Andy Ogles hurled Islamophobic epithets at Mamdani on X and called for him to be denaturalized and kicked out of the country.

Boca Mayor Scott Singer says a win by Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election could open the gates for a surge of businesses to his city.

Governor Kathy Hochul is still leading her Democratic primary competition, according to a poll of New York voters.

Hochul remains underwater with 42% of New Yorkers rating her favorable compared with 47% who rate her unfavorable, per Siena.