Riding on a progressive platform, Mamdani won the race on Tuesday to lead the largest city in the US.
New York City has a new mayor in waiting.
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old who, until a few months ago, was known little outside New York state’s local politics, on Tuesday defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the race to become the mayor of the largest city in the United States.
Mamdani’s win, projected by the Associated Press news agency, marked the culmination of a campaign that drew record numbers of voters to the ballot box, galvanised an army of volunteers from across demographics and neighbourhoods, and turned the world’s attention to a contest for the leadership of a city.
A state assemblyman, Mamdani is now set to become the first Muslim, Indian-origin mayor in New York City’s history.
He had defeated Cuomo in the Democratic Party’s primary in June this year. Cuomo, the former governor of New York state, who resigned in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal, stayed in the race as an independent candidate after losing the primary to Mamdani.
Since then, Mamdani has canvassed votes relentlessly, focusing on door-to-door outreach, multilingual canvassing, and community-based organising of events.
In Mamdani’s win in Ne
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