Mamdani rises to New York’s top office — what challenges await his mayoralty?

Zohran Mamdani, aged 34 years, was elected as the first Muslim mayor of New York City. The iconic Bollywood song ‘Dhoom Machale’ filled the air as Mamdani, who will also be the New York's youngest and first African-born mayor, finished his victory speech on Tuesday, 4 November at the Zohran HQ.

Now that Mamdani scripted history by securing 50.4% of the votes , what are the challenges that await him as the New York mayor? What are his duties, responsibilities? We take a look.

From supervising a workforce of over 300,000 employees, managing a budget exceeding $120 billion, the New York mayor enjoys tremendous power – JC Polanco, a political expert and professor at the University of Mount Saint Vincent told CBS news. He said that it is a lot of power considering that New York is among t