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Zohran Mamdani jumps out to early lead as votes for next NYC mayor are counted Mamdani picked up 52% of the more than 800,000 ballots cast before Election Day, according to unofficial results.

Results coming in: Zohran Mamdani leading Gov. Andrew Cuomo by 12 percentage points in the early-voting period.
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New York City polls close at 9 p.m. We'll be updating this story all night with the latest results:
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-mayor-results-2025-election

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In New York City, package theft has become a ubiquitous fact of life that appears to be getting more organized, and more bold.

To find out what happens to those packages, we placed tracking devices in products ordered from Amazon.

Here’s what happened after they were stolen: bit.ly/4h7u87N

More than a dozen Manhattan restaurants earned new accolades at the Michelin Guide’s awards ceremony last night, along with a handful from Brooklyn and one in Westchester County.

Read all about it here: bit.ly/3D70Hns

NYPD officials have confirmed reports they’ve identified the man shot and killed in front of the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel as UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson: bit.ly/4gf0FYX