NYC Mayor’s Race: Where do the candidates stand on improving the city’s quality of life?

With the 2025 general election just over 50 days away, New York City mayoral hopefuls have just under two months to make their cases to voters in a hotly contested race.

Though the election has received outsized national attention following Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani’s (D-Queens) unlikely Democratic primary victory, it has been shaped by top-of-mind local issues like affordability, housing, and public safety.