Many Muslim New Yorkers are celebrating the historic win of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who will be the first Muslim mayor of the city.

Worshippers at a mosque on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens prayed for the future mayor.

“I wish him luck. Everybody pray for him, everybody pray for the city becoming the better city,” said Hesham Tomoum, as he was leaving noon prayers Wednesday. “Everybody need nice house, good work, you know, live together like one community, and love New York, and pray for New York.”

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Many Muslim New Yorkers are celebrating the historic win of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, including in Greenwich Village at the Islamic Center of New York City, run by Imam Khalid Latif, a leading imam in the city

Imam Latif believes the next mayor will not only

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