Ranked-choice voting could once again decide New York City’s mayoral primary, four years after the process was slow and marred by a major tabulation error.

Early voting in the 2025 New York City primary elections is already showing strong participation across all five boroughs. Here’s everything you need to know about voting in New York City this election cycle.

Primary elections let voters registered with a political party choose their party’s candidates for the general election. In New York City, only voters registered with a party that’s holding a primary can vote in that party’s race, according to the city’s Board of Elections.

Early voting starts today in Central New York’s primary elections. The early voting polls are open from 9 a.m. today until Sunday, June 22. Election Day in the primary is Tuesday, June 24. Who’s on the ballot?

I n most parts of the country, this June is a moment of quiescence in the campaign cycle. The president has just been inaugurated. Many House and Senate candidates haven’t declared yet. Homes are unmolested by flyers; television watchers are unbothered by advertisements.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging and voters can rank five candidates in the crowded field. But will the anti-Cuomo candidates cooperate?

Get to know the Democratic candidates in the NYC mayoral election and where they stand on the issues with these in-depth interviews.

Zohran Mamdani, the socialist mayoral candidate for New York City, is catching up to Andrew Cuomo in the polls for the Democratic primary. Mamdani, 33, is currently a New York assemblymember and has been running a grassroots campaign largely against former Governor Cuomo.