New York: In a historic breakthrough for progressive politics, Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, has been elected as the first Muslim mayor of New York City, US media reported on Wednesday.

Mamdani, 34, defeated former state governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as a third-party candidate after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary earlier this year. The Associated Press reported that the election recorded the city’s highest voter turnout in decades.

Running on an ambitious progressive platform, Mamdani pledged free childcare, free bus transport, and a rent freeze covering nearly one million rent-regulated tenants, promises that struck a chord with liberal and working-class voters alike.

NBC described Mamdani’s grassroots campaign as a movement built on “affordabili

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