New Yorkers have a stark choice for their new mayor at the polls on Tuesday: a young leftist, a scandal-tainted former governor, and a Republican outsider.

AFP looks at each candidate vying to run the most populous US city ahead of a vote being closely watched by President Donald Trump.

– Zohran Mamdani: surprise favorite –

The 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani was barely known to the public before his shock victory in the Democratic primary in June, which made him a firm favorite to become mayor.

A self-proclaimed democratic socialist from an elite family, Mamdani was born in Uganda to parents of Indian descent and has lived in the United States since he was seven, becoming a naturalized US citizen in 2018.

He would be New York’s first-ever Muslim mayor if elected.

Mamdani boasts a strong

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