Voters in New York City are going to the polls to elect a new mayor. Election officials report record early voting in the mayoral race, with over 700,000 ballots already cast. The contest — alongside gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey — is seen as a test for both major parties ahead of next year’s midterms. Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist known for his criticism of Israel, is favored to win after defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic