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New York City Mayor-elect Zohan Mamdani cast his election Tuesday as a permanent populist shift and “a new age ” in the city’s politics—and possibly beyond if Democrats care to dig out of their doldrums with an aura of revolution.

“Over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it,” the 34-year-old democratic socialist roared at his campaign party in Brooklyn. “The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.”

Combined with statewide wins in Virginia, New Jersey , and California , Mamdani’s triumph over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an ind

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