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The Closing Arguments of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates

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Ahead of the June 24 primary, The New York Times analyzed the closing campaign speeches of the four leading Democrats running for mayor.

June 23, 2025Updated 2:47 p.m. ET

The leading candidates for New York City mayor, clockwise from top left: Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo; Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani; Brad Lander, the city comptroller; and Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker. Credit...Nicole Craine, Scott Heins and Dave Sanders for The New York Times; Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

With the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City looming on Tuesday, the candidates are making their closing arguments to voters.

The New York Times analyzed excerpts from recent speeches by the top four candidates in the polls — Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander and Adrienne Adams — to highlight and explain their central campaign messages.

Andrew M. Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo speaks into a microphone outdoors behind a blue and red banner that reads “Building and Trades Council.”

Mr. Cuomo, 67, is trying to make a comeback four years after resigning as New York’s governor amid a sexual harassment scandal. He denies wrongdoing and has run as a moderate who has the most experience and fortitude to stand up to President Trump.

The setting: Union Square in Manhattan, one week before Primary Day, with labor leaders who endorsed him and hundreds of union members.

The goal: Mr. Cuomo sought to portray himself as the candidate of working-class New Yorkers who are eager to reorient the Democratic Party nationally after its 2024 losses.