New York City – Zohran Mamdani has won the race to lead the largest city in the United States, the Associated Press projected late on Tuesday, soon after polls closed in a heated contest that grabbed the world’s attention.

The victory on Sunday beckons in history for the city of more than 8.4 million people, an economic and cultural powerhouse with international significance.

Mamdani is the first Muslim, the first person of South Asian descent and the first person born in Africa to lead the city.

The 34-year-old state assemblyman was set to address an exuberant watch party held at the Brooklyn Paramount theatre later on Tuesday, following a day of historic voter turnout.

But on Monday, he thanked supporters who “brought us to this point of making history in this city”.

While voters a

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