Mamdani wins over New York with bold vision that galvanized young voters

By Maria Tsvetkova

NEW YORK (Reuters) -When Zohran Mamdani finished his victory speech late Tuesday after winning the New York City mayoral race, a small crowd gathered around a man with blonde, curly hair who had watched the candidate with a satisfied smile from a corner of the stage.

Morris Katz, lead media strategist for Mamdani’s campaign, had every reason to celebrate. He was part of the team that helped shape the candidate’s stunningly successful message around three promises that resonated with voters, many of them young: a rent freeze, free buses, and universal childcare.

Katz began working with Mamdani last year, long before the June primary election in which the then little-known member of the state assembly captured the Democratic Party nomination for mayor. The strategist sa