The winner of the Democratic primary will face Adams, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, and independent candidate Jim Walden come November, but is likely to become the next leader of the city, which has selected a Democrat in the past three mayoral elections. Polls are open in the city until 9 p.m.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday conceded to state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary election for New York City mayor, setting up the 33-year-old democratic socialist Mamdani to win the party's nomination in the heavily Democratic city.

Andrew Cuomo, seeking a political comeback, is facing off with progressive Zohran Mamdani in a race that candidates call a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.