Though the race’s ultimate outcome will still be decided by a ranked choice count, Zohran Mamdani took a commanding position just hours after the polls closed.

Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City after the 33-year-old democratic socialist forced his opponent Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of the state, to concede within hours after polls closed.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Election Day polls are open in New York City on Tuesday as voters choose the Democratic candidate for NYC mayor. The Board of Elections prepared for the extreme heat at over 1,000 polling sites by distributing fans and making sure voters have access to water.