Whoever is elected New York City’s next mayor — the Democratic nominee, State Assem. Zohran Mamdani ; a third-party candidate, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ; or the Republican nominee, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa — will become the 111th man to hold the job, one of the nation’s most powerful mayoralties.

Come Jan. 1 at midnight, he’ll control an almost-certain-to-grow $116 billion budget, oversee more than 300,000 municipal workers and set policy that ricochets beyond the city's five boroughs and 8.4 million residents.

Here are just a few of the policy areas in which the next mayor will make his mark.

Public safety

Boosting the NYPD headcount, which according to the latest Mayor’s Management Report is at 34,975 for the current fiscal year, is a central plank of two of t

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