US media reported on Wednesday that Zohran Mamdani has won the race to become mayor of New York City.
According to the Associated Press, Mamdani won a landslide victory, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the state’s highest voter turnout in decades.
Mamdani has attracted liberal voters with plans for free child care, free bus transportation and a rent freeze affecting nearly one million rent-regulated New Yorkers.
“Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was running as a third-party candidate, having also defeated Cuomo in the June primary,” NBC said in a report.
Mamdani, whose winning campaign was based on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century, The New York Times reports. Mamdani is 34 years old.
Mamdani, who calls himself a democratic socialist, will become the first Muslim mayor of the city. Mamdani has attracted liberal voters with plans for free child care, free bus transportation and a rent freeze affecting nearly one million rent-regulated New Yorkers.
