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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 24, 2025 shows New York City mayoral candidate and democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani (L) in New York City on April 16, 2025 and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (R) in New York City on April 13, 2025. New York Democrats were choosing June 24 between an upstart 33-year-old Muslim socialist and a political veteran vying to come back from a sex harassment scandal as mayoral candidate to lead the left-leaning city. As voters cast ballots in a smothering heatwave, polls showed surprise challenger Zohran Mamdani and former state governor Andrew Cuomo, 67, at the top of the heap. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS and CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS,CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)