Independent mayoral nominee Andrew Cuomo cast his ballot on Tuesday morning at the Art and Design High School in Midtown East, near the Sutton Place apartment where his daughter previously lived.

The former governor said he was greeted with cheers as he entered the polling place — a first, he says, in his decades-long political career.

“It’s the first time I ever walked into a polling place and the polling place cheered for me,” Cuomo told reporters after voting. “That’s a good sign.”

Cuomo said he believes the city is seeing record turnout because New Yorkers are “concerned about the future of New York” and “concerned about the Democratic Party.”

A record-breaking 732,866 voters cast ballots over the nine days of early voting in the mayor’s race this year, data from the city Board of

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