Turnout low ahead of special election to fill Mamdani’s old seat

Turnout low ahead of special election to fill Mamdani’s old seat

Turnout in the special election to fill the Assembly seat vacated by Mayor Zohran Mamdani was already expected to be low – and that was before the city was smacked with a snow-filled cold snap that only made it less likely people would trudge their way to the polls.

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A Queens mayor – one way or another

A Queens mayor – one way or another

Since Queens became a part of New York City in 1898, none of the 23 men who served as the city’s mayor were born in Queens or represented the borough in political office. On Election Day, that is likely to change.

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