At 34, Zohran Mamdani , the son of filmmaker Mira Nair and scholar Mahmood Mamdani, has become the first Muslim of Indian origin to be elected mayor of New York City. A onetime rapper turned assembly member from Queens, he ran as a Democrat on a platform centred on affordability and equality.

In a fiercely contested race, Mamdani defeated former New York governor Andrew Cuomo , who ran as an independent after losing to him in the Democratic primary, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, securing a decisive win in one of America’s most closely watched local elections.

His campaign promises included rent freezes for tenants in rent-stabilised homes, construction of affordable housing, free and faster bus service, universal childcare, and higher taxes on wealthy residents. In his vic

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