Many Brooklyn voters said they were pleased that Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election on Tuesday, and also pinned their hopes that buses will eventually become free.

Voting for the first time, Yaseen Elrowmein, 18, a student at New York College of Technology, CUNY, said he cast his ballot for Zohran Mamdani in Sunset Park.

"Most of the people I know voted for him,” said Elrowmein, who also said he’s looking forward to Mamdani’s signature campaign promise to make the city’s buses free. “He said he would try to make them free. That would benefit me a lot because I take the bus to get to my college."

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to cast doubt on the 34-year-old’s experience, but voters told BK Reader that his youth was part of the appeal.

“I think just having a younger mayor is a

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