N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary May Hinge on Early Voters as Heat Wave Looms

Tens of millions of dollars in campaign ads have cluttered the city’s stoops and televisions. Candidates sparred face-to-face in two televised debates. And the last of the big-name endorsements have trickled in.

Now, with just days left, the critical Democratic primary for mayor of New York City has shifted into an urgent final footrace to push every last supporter in the five boroughs to the polls.

The round-the-clock effort took on fresh urgency this weekend, as the weather forecast for Primary Day on Tuesday threatened to bring dangerously high temperatures that some campaigns fear could keep older voters at home.

The nearly dozen Democratic candidates fanned out across the city on Saturday, but most eyes were on the two front-runners, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and the vastly different approaches they were taking to try to tip the outcome.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyregion/voting-primary-nyc-heat.html