“My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” said Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday evening, after being elected mayor of New York City. Mamdani enjoyed a resounding victory after running an “impressive campaign” (to borrow former President Barack Obama’s phrase ) that earned him the Democratic nomination earlier this year. At 34, Mamdani is the youngest mayor in a century—a Millennial two generations younger than his opponents, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, 71, and former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, 67, a Democrat who ran as an independent. (Cuomo resigned from his former post in 2021, following sexual misconduct allegations.)

This was the most closely watched race for mayor in New York City in recent memory, with a record-breaking turnout. Mamdani, who has served as a New York

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