After Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary , in June, Governor Kathy Hochul spoke to hundreds of business leaders, telling them not to panic. “I’ve become the therapist-in-chief, it seems,” she said, during an appearance on MSNBC, over the summer. “I’m saying to everybody, ‘We’re going to be O.K.’ ”

Although it’s almost impossible to imagine someone more therapeutic than Kathy Hochul, many New Yorkers, in the lead-up to the general election, on Tuesday, have been seeking reassurance from actual therapists. For some people, the anxiety is straightforward: much like the business leaders whom Hochul tried to comfort, they’re worried about the future of the city under a democratic-socialist mayor. But, others, including those who support Mamdani, have been shaken by

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