The business community is bracing to wake up Wednesday reminded of their diminishing power in their own backyard.

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor, as Zohran Mamdani faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a generational battle between Democrats while Republican Curtis Sliwa tries to land a massive upset.

New Yorkers weigh in a mayoral race that has garnered national attention, while Virginia and New Jersey choose new governors.

Mamdani appears under both Democratic and Working Families party lines, and Sliwa is listed by Republican and Protect Animals. Cuomo, who was endorsed by only the Fight and Deliver party, in turn, appears once. As an independent, his name is placed after the major parties.

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will restrict federal funds for New York City if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the city's mayoral elections that will be held on Tuesday.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, marched under the bridge’s arches with elected officials, holding a banner that said, “Our Time Is Now.”

New Yorkers headed to the polls Tuesday for a mayoral election that could put a socialist in charge of the nation’s largest city.The front-runner, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, has galvanized young voters and unsettled Wall Street with proposals to make New York cheaper.

Opinion polls suggest left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is ahead of former state governor Andrew Cuomo for Tuesday’s race.

Former President Obama reached out to Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani ahead of the NYC mayoral election against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.