New Delhi: In a seismic shift for American urban politics, Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist and state assemblyman from Queens, has clinched a resounding victory in the New York City mayoral election.

The win, called by the Associated Press just under an hour after polls closed on Tuesday evening, catapults Mamdani into the helm of the world's financial and cultural powerhouse, marking him as the city's first Muslim mayor and a rising beacon for progressive forces in the Democratic Party.

Mamdani's triumph over a fractured field, dominated by high-profile independents like former Governor Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, signals a bold pivot toward left-wing populism in the nation's largest metropolis.

With a workforce of over 306,000 under his command, Ma

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