"The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate. I am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this,"
"New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change,"
"wake up each morning with a singular purpose: To make this city better for you than it was the day before."
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old far-left state lawmaker, won the New York mayoral election, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He pledged to transform city government, restore power to the working class, and confront a hostile Trump administration. More than two million New Yorkers voted, the largest turnout in a mayoral race in over 50 years, and Mamdani held roughly a nine-percentage-point lead with about 90% of votes counted. Mamdani will be the city’s first Muslim mayor, first of South Asian heritage, first born in Africa, and the youngest mayor in over a century. He faces skepticism about ambitious promises and scrutiny from national Republicans.
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