As polls open across the five boroughs on this pivotal Election Day, unofficial early exit polls from the first wave of in-person voters indicate Democratic nominee Zohran Kwame Mamdani has seized a commanding lead, positioning the 34-year-old democratic socialist as the frontrunner to become New York City’s first Muslim mayor.Conducted among 12,000+ voters at 150 polling sites citywide, the cumulative data (as of 8:00 a.m. ET) shows.
