New York City’s Election Season Heats Up

New York City’s election season is well underway, and voters can expect a flood of political advertisements soon.

Both mayoral candidates have collectively spent over $500,000 to fill the airwaves as the campaign heads into its final phase.

This extensive advertising push kicks off this week with Democratic candidate Zoran Mamdani and former governor Andrew Cuomo airing their first television spots.

During the Yankees-Red Sox Wildcard game on Wednesday, the two candidates shelled out $30,000 for an ad spot, as reported by AD Impacts.

Cuomo has plans for an additional $45,000 in advertising buys, bringing his total spending to over $434,000 in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Mamdani, an American democratic socialist and current front-runner, invested $35,000 on Thursday, with his ads running on ESPN in the New York Metro area.

Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has also launched new ads targeting Mamdani and Cuomo, claiming that New Yorkers’ safety would be at risk should either be elected.

Sliwa has already spent $87,000, while Mamdani’s expenditure is at $83,000, totaling about $604,000 across all three candidates leading up to the election on November 4.

Cuomo’s advertising spending is more than four times that of Mamdani and Sliwa combined.

Interestingly, Adams, who also ran an independent campaign, is only receiving around 7% support in the latest polls.

Cuomo, still trying to rebound after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary back in June, has not seen a significant increase in his polling numbers. The latest survey shows Mamdani at approximately 47% support, while Cuomo is around 29%, with Sliwa pulling about 11%.