From 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., New Yorkers from across the five boroughs flocked to the polls to vote in the New York City Mayoral election – in record high numbers. The three candidates are Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

After making appearances on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning,” and WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” in the morning, Democratic candidate Mamdani spent the afternoon visiting various polling sites in the city to talk to voters and thank them for their support.

His surprise appearances across Manhattan today, included a stop at ABC playground in Lower Manhattan. The Assemblyman told Beacon reporters that he attributes the success of his campaign, including record-high primary voter turnout to the over 100,000 volunteers that have canvassed over three million homes in the city.

“[The volunteers] reshaped politics across the five boroughs and they’ve done so out of a belief in what the city can be, should be, and will be,” Mamdani said. “I’m just so thankful to be a part of that movement.”

Sliwa, the Republican candidate, spent his morning meeting with voters outside polling sites in Queens. Flanked by members of the Guardian Angels, his nonprofit crime prevention organization, and donning his signature red beret, Sliwa expressed nonchalance over the last-minute endorsement of his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, by Republican President Donald Trump and used his media appearances to illustrate his ire for both his opponents, Cuomo and Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

In Whitestone Village, he appeared alongside City Council candidate Vickie Paladino, shook hands with voters, and emphasized Republican solidarity in his race for office in a blue city. In the final hours of Election Day, Sliwa traveled between poll locations in Staten Island and Brooklyn before heading uptown for his election night event.