New York City’s mayoral race has become a battleground with national significance, drawing attention far beyond the five boroughs. Early voting has already surpassed 735,000: Four times the turnout of the last mayoral contest. At the centre is 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani , a Democratic socialist and state assemblymember who could become New York’s first Muslim mayor. Former governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, warns that Mamdani’s “socialist” agenda would “turn New York into Venezuela.” Republican Curtis Sliwa has focused on policing and public safety. But perhaps the loudest voice comes from Washington: Donald Trump . The 47th POTUS president, New York-born and once the city’s most visible developer, has urged voters to back Cuomo to

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