Zohran Mamdani was elected the 111th mayor of New York in a historic victory that will put an avowed democratic socialist in charge of the city that serves as the capital of global finance.

Mamdani, a Democrat, received 50.4% of the votes, while former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running on an independent line after his loss to Mamdani in the primary, garnered 41.3% with 75% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press. Republican Curtis Sliwa got 7.5%.

When Mamdani is sworn in on January 1, the 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens will be the youngest person to hold the office in a century. He’ll also be New York’s first Muslim mayor and first person of South Asian descent to lead the city in its 400-year history. He’ll replace first-term Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out of the

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