Silver linings: At least now there's one more rent-stabilized apartment in Astoria that could be made available to an actual poor person!

Zohran Mamdani, who proudly calls himself a socialist and ran as a Democrat, solidly clinched the win and will be sworn in as mayor of New York City on January 1. Turnout was enormous: More than 2 million voted this election day, the highest participation in a citywide election since 1969.

Full vote results aren't in—just 91 percent currently reporting, per Associated Press tallies —but ex-gov Andrew Cuomo came in at 41.6 percent of the vote, with Republican Curtis Sliwa garnering merely 7.1 percent. Mamdani cleared the 50 percent threshold.

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