Zohran Mamdani won the race to be New York City’s mayor by a landslide this week, leaving his Democrat-turned-independent rival Andrew Cuomo in the dust.

Mamdani ran a strikingly effective campaign that showed him as a genial and relatable young man with a penchant for connecting authentically with voters, often by talking to them right on the street. He kept a laser focus on popular issues of affordability, and projected an infectious sense of optimism.

But Mamdani’s fortunes were unquestionably boosted by Cuomo’s campaign being an unmitigated disaster. No matter how hard Cuomo’s aides tried, they couldn’t cover up the sense that the former New York governor, who resigned from the position in 2021 after the Department of Justice accused him of sexually harassing over a dozen women, was

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