Where Were Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa on Election Day?

On Election Day, Nov. 4, the two then-mayoral candidates stopped by polling sites to meet voters and supporters.

Zohran Mamdani, now mayor-elect, was in the Lower East Side around 2 p.m. and Curtis Sliwa, who ultimately came in third, showed up in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Supporters gather outside a polling site at PS 20 Anna Silver School in the Lower East Side of New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits a polling site at PS 20 Anna Silver School in the Lower East Side of New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani hugs a supporter outside a polling site at PS 20 Anna Silver School in the Lower East Side of New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani meets voters with council member Christopher Marte outside a polling site at PS 20 Anna Silver School in the Lower East Side of New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves goodbye to voters outside PS 20 Anna Silver School in the Lower East Side of New York on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

A block away from the polling site at St. Dominic R.C. Church in Brooklyn, a vehicle plays audio urging voters to support mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa takes photos with a poll worker at the polling site at St. Dominic R.C. Church in Brooklyn, New York, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and State Sen. Stephen T. Chan (R‑17) visit the polling site at St. Dominic R. C. Church in Brooklyn, New York on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Curtis Sliwa talks with poll worker outside of polling site at St. Dominic R. C. Church in Brooklyn, New York on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa takes photo with voter outside of the polling site at St. Dominic R. C. Church in Brooklyn, New York on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)

Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and State Sen. Stephen T. Chan (R‑17) talk at the polling site at St. Dominic R. C. Church in Brooklyn, New York on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Credit: Rachel Zhong)