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New York
Mayor Zohran Mamdani · Democratic · in office since Jan. 1, 2026
Zohran Mamdani
Mayor of New York, NY · Democratic · since Jan. 1, 2026
City No.
#1
by population
| Government form | Strong mayor |
| Performance scoring | In development |
| Population | 8,584,629 |
As a strong-mayor city, New York's mayor will receive a full performance score — city outcome trends vs. peer cities in the same population tier — once those metrics clear verification.
City outcome data (unemployment, crime, cost of living and more) is in the verification pipeline. We publish numbers only after they clear it. Methodology
New York sits in NY, whose governor Kathy Hochul holds a scored statewide record (No. 4 of 29). State outcomes are not the mayor’s grade — a city is not a state — but they’re the nearest verified context today.