It is official: Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the election to be the next mayor of New York City, according to NBC News and Decision Desk HQ. The 34-year-old assemblyman and democratic socialist sailed to victory during Tuesday’s election, trouncing former governor Andrew Cuomo , who ran as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa . He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor.

Mamdani won the Democratic primary in June by a landslide, a stunning upset that took both everyday New Yorkers and the wider Democratic Establishment by surprise. Before the primary, Mamdani’s campaign was believed to be a long shot against Cuomo, who resigned from office in 2021 amid a slew of sexual-harassment allegations . But Mamdani — the first democratic so

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