The recent election in New York that catapulted the 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani of Indian descent, a self-confessed democratic socialist and a visible Muslim, to the highest office in the world’s most capitalised city has had the commentariat weighing in.

Indeed, why not? When was the last time that municipal elections anywhere made global headlines and had the world’s most powerful billionaires running around to hedge their interests? This could be a profound shift in local urban politics given that NYC is watched, followed, and replicated by cities around the world.

While acknowledging the parallels that exist in the conditions between the centre of global capitalism and other cities, and recognising the possibilities that Mamdani’s campaign and win—the campaign was a major refreshing c

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