Democrat Zohran Mamdani - who described himself as "Trump's worst nightmare" - is set to become New York's next mayor, Sky's US partner network NBC News projects.

The projected win - with 60.2% of votes counted - comes after one of the most colourful races in years and looks set to have a profound effect on US national politics.

Mr Mamdani will be the first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest person in a century to be elected as New York City mayor.

The first reaction from the Democrat came on social media while votes were still being counted, where Mr Mamdani posted a video of a subway coming to a stop as a tannoy says: "The next and last stop is: City Hall." X This content is provided by X , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we nee

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