STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Democrat Zohran Mamdani has declared victory in the highly contentious race to become the 111th mayor of New York City.

As of 11 p.m., Mamdani has received 50.4% of the vote, compared to 41.6% for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and 7.1% for Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani took the stage in front of a huge crowd of supporters shortly after 11:15 p.m. at Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn. 33

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“For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well connected that power does not belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold powe

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