Zohran Mamdani speaks during the Fighting Oligarchy town hall on Sept. 6, 2025, in New York City. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Boy does it feel good in New York City. On Tuesday night, just over 30 minutes after polls closed, Zohran Mamdani won the election to become the city’s next mayor. To do so, he overcame substantial political headwinds: The man who will be our first Muslim mayor was constantly tarred as an antisemite and, as too often seems to follow, was subject to an undercurrent of Islamophobic attacks about “sharia law” and “global jihad” throughout the race. Mamdani also faced the city’s ruling class of millionaires and billionaires , who engaged in some heartwarming class solidarity by spending tens of millions against him and vowing to flee the headqu

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