History was made in New York on Tuesday evening, as Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani officially defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the city’s mayoral race.

With his win, Mamdani, 34—who has served as a New York State Assembly member representing the Astoria neighborhood of Queens since 2021—became the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of New York City.

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Mamdani’s campaign, which aligned itself with progressive issues including universal childcare , free city buses , and rent freezes for rent-stabilized tenants , attracted supporters from all corners of the city. Highly visible New York cultural figures including Alison Roman, Lizzy Caplan, and Aminatou Sow came out in force for Mamdani, but so did working-class New Yorkers wit

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