When Democrat Zohran Mamdani was declared the next mayor of New York City just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday — nearly half an hour after the polls closed — supporters at watch parties across the city erupted in cheers.

Mamdani’s win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa makes him New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. At 34, the Queens lawmaker will also be the youngest person to lead the city in more than 100 years.

The largely Latino crowd at a party hosted by the nonprofit Make the Road in Corona, Queens, broke out in chants of “Sí, se pudo!” which translates to “Yes, he could!”

Many of the 50 or so supporters in attendance had spent months canvassing for Mamdani, first in the primary and then again in the general election. They hugged, some cried a

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