Inside Zohran Mamdani’s Election Day in New York City

The final hours of Zohran Mamdani ’s mayoral campaign were a blur of public speeches and private moments that capped a year of relentless work by the Democratic candidate and his team. Photographer Sinna Nasseri was with the assemblyman from morning to night on Election Day, documenting the whirlwind as Mamdani cast his own vote, got a shave, and made final pleas to voters on the street. Nasseri captured the anxious minutes after polls closed, when the candidate, his family, and his top advisers were holed up in a hotel, waiting for the results to come in. Then, joy. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., the Associated Press called the race for Mamdani , concluding a historic election marked by record voter turnout — a win that will make the 34-year-old New York City’s the youngest mayor in mor