Voters across the country are heading to the polls today for a slew of key off-cycle races, including governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the New York City mayoral election.

Sliwa is holding his election watch party at a restaurant on the the heavily Democratic Upper West Side of Manhattan. Several supporters could be seen sporting red berets, a symbol of the Guardian Angels, the citizen-safety patrol group Sliwa founded in 1979.

Mamdani, who will be New York City’s first Muslim mayor, defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams.