Zohran Mamdani has made New York City history with his ascendant election victory Tuesday night, ABC News projects. "The future us in our hands," he said in a passionate victory speech. New Yorkers chose Mamdani to become the city's 111 th mayor, and with that title Mamdani will represent several firsts in the city's three-and-a-half-century existence. When Mamdani is sworn in on Jan. 1, he will become the city's first Muslim and first New Yorker of South Asian descent to be mayor -- as well as the city's first African-born mayor. Just 34, Mamdani will also be the second youngest mayor in the city's history. (Mayor John Purroy Mitchel was also 34 when he assumed office in 1914, while Mayor Hugh J. Grant was 30 when he was inaugurated in 1889.) Mamdani will be the first immigrant mayor sinc
Mamdani makes history with meteoric rise to be next New York mayor, ABC News projects
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