NEW YORK: Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday (local time) won in the New York City mayoral race, CBS News reported.

Mamdani ran on promises to confront economic inequality and cost-of-living issues, vowing rent freezes for residents of rent-stabilized units affordable housing construction, free and faster bus service, free childcare, city-owned grocery stores to address high food costs and tax hikes on the wealthy, as per CBS News.

Mamdani indirectly acknowledged his win on social media, posting a short video clip of the New York Subway opening at City Hall with his name.

“We hope this is demonstrating a very powerful way forward”, said Ashik Siddique, a national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. “This election proves that democratic socialist ideas are very

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