Odd-year elections don't get much attention, but there is no shortage of big decisions voters will be making on Nov. 4

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani leads in polls, with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo looking to pick up support before the Nov. 4 general election.

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani clash over resistance to President Donald Trump as Election Day approaches, with federal funding at stake.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is leading incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in the New York gubernatorial race, according to polling. In a poll released Tuesday, the Manhattan

New York is gearing up for a mayoral election Tuesday that could put a socialist in charge of the nation’s largest city.The front-runner, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, has galvanized young voters and unsettled Wall Street with proposals to make New York cheaper.

As the only gubernatorial races held in the year following a presidential election, the contests have long served as the first major test of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House. In every race for governor since 1973, one or both states have elected a governor from a party different than that of the sitting president.

The Republican is in a heated race with Democrat Mikie Sherrill to take over for term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy.

The message of affordability also propelled Zohran Mamdani, a little-known New York assemblyman who has vowed to freeze the rent for rent-controlled apartments in New York City, to the Democratic nomination and helped make him the favorite in Tuesday’s mayoral race.