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 50.3% of the votes, while former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running on an independent line after his loss to Mamdani in the primary, garnered 41.6% with 88% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press. Republican Curtis Sliwa got 7.2%.