Vote 2025: Race for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and more | Live updates

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Last updated: Monday, October 27, 2025 2:12PM GMT
Day 2 of early voting underway in NYC; nearly 80,000 ballots cast so far

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Election Day is less than two weeks away and the candidates are working hard to get their message out to voters as the clock ticks closer to November 4.

In New York City, all eyes are on the race for mayor as frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa are making campaign appearances and headlines regularly.

Meanwhile, the race for the governor of New Jersey is heating up after a recent poll put Mikie Sherrill ahead of Jack Ciattarelli by five points.

Check back for daily live updates on the candidates and headlines leading up to Election Day.

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Oct 23, 2025, 1:25 AM GMT

Cuomo sits courtside with Mayor Adams at Knicks game post debate

Andrew Cuomo posted a photo to social media Wednesday night, of him sitting courtside next to Mayor Eric Adams at the Knicks game following the New York City mayoral debate.

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Oct 23, 2025, 1:19 AM GMT

Sliwa jokes about Mamdani's resume, Cuomo's 'failures'

Curtis Sliwa joked about Zohran Mamdani's resume, and Andrew Cuomo's "failures," saying, "Zohran, your resume could fit on a cocktail napkin, and Andrew, your failures could fill a public-school library in New York City."

Curtis Sliwa joked about Zohran Mamdani's resume, and Andrew Cuomo's "failures" during the final New York City mayoral debate.
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Oct 23, 2025, 1:08 AM GMT

Sliwa proposes more subway enforcement while taking shot at Mamdani

"I get a good belly laugh every time you I hear you say free fare in the subways," Curtis Sliwa said to Zohran Mamdani when answering a question on public transit.

"Half the people don't pay anyway. How about fare enforcement?" Sliwa said.

"I get a good belly laugh every time you I hear you say free fare in the subways," Curtis Sliwa said to Zohran Mamdani when answering a question on public transit. 

He proposed more having more cops in the subway system, and "beautifying" the system so commuters don't have to go through the "sleaze and the slime all the time."

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Oct 23, 2025, 12:51 AM GMT

Mamdani takes shots at Cuomo's 'experience'

Zohran Mamdani attacked Andrew Cuomo's experience - calling the former governor's "experience" the issue.

"You will hear from Andrew Cuomo about his experience, as if the issue is that we don't know about it. The issue is that we have all experienced your experience," Mamdani said.

Zohran Mamdani attacked Andrew Cuomo's experience - calling the former governor's "experience" the issue.

He added, "We experienced you taking a $5 million book deal while you sent seniors to their deaths in nursing homes. The issue is we experienced you cutting funding for the MTA to send money to upstate ski resorts."