Zohran Mamdani takes lead in NYC democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes, final result on July 1

“Tonight is his night,” Cuomo said, reported AP.

Cuomo, former New York City mayor, said that Mamdani “won” while addressing his supporters and added, “we are going to take a look and make some decisions.”

While neither democrat candidate has secured an outright majority till now and the final results will take some more days to be declared, Cuomo has conceded as ranked-choice count is still on.

Mamdani, who describes himself as a democratic socialist and is a New York state assembly member, began gaining a decisive lead as over 80% of the ballots were counted, the AP report said.