The TOI correspondent from Washington : New Yorkers streamed into polling stations on Tuesday morning with the remarkable prospect of the undisputed global capital of finance, skyscrapers, and immense wealth paradoxically electing a socialist mayor. Turbocharged by a brilliant digital campaign, a raft of breathtaking promises, and a winning smile that launched a thousand quips, Zohran Mamdani , the Uganda-born Indian son of film-maker Mira Nair (born in Odisha) and academic Mahmood Mamdani (born in Mumbai), is all set to occupy the City Hall in the ground zero of capitalism, putative Muslim mayor of an iconic city that was attacked by Islamist terrorists on 9/11. Follow NYC mayoral elections 2025 live updates Although the gap between Mamdani and his Democrat-turned-independ

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