The democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has taken an early lead in the New York City mayoral primary as preliminary results rolled in Tuesday. The Queens assemblyman had about 43% of the counted vote after polls closed at 9 p.

State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the early leader as first-choice votes are tallied in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, ahead of former New York Gov.

The city’s highly-contested Democratic mayoral primary has finally come to its long-awaited close as the last few New Yorkers braved unseasonable high temperatures to cast their