Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

  • nothrone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    822·
    4 days ago

    This is great news. However, I am still dumbfounded on how 42% voted for the other guy. He is literally a sexual assaulter and he was endorsed by Trump and Elon Musk! How is it that so many people still voted for him?

    Mamdani could not have had a better campaign, yet, he had just ~8% more votes. If the other guy ran a just tiny bit better campain, things could have been very different.

    I am trully happy that Mamdani won, but yet, I am left scared at the state of things. He should have had 70/80% of votes. After all that has been happening in the US for the last 9 months or so, there is only a 8% number of votes separating the two sides? Holly molly, that is scary.

    • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      3 days ago

      However, I am still dumbfounded on how 42% voted for the other guy. He is literally a sexual assaulter and he was endorsed by Trump and Elon Musk! How is it that so many people still voted for him?

      because too many Americans still think “wE aRE NoT thEre YEt!”

    • Zeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      3 days ago

      I’m 100% for Mamdani, but wasn’t the sexual assault case dismissed against Cuomo? Some people really do get falsely accused of sexual assault and it ruins their life. We should not try to normalize calling him an assaulter if it’s not true.

      • Pacattack57@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        It wasn’t 1 person that accused him. Are you saying 13 women got together and decided to lie? Also it was dismissed because the DA refused to prosecute. It didn’t even go to trial so these women didn’t even have an opportunity to tell their side in court.

      • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        “Investigators found the accounts of all 11 women to be credible and corroborated by a “mountain of evidence,” including emails and text messages. This report led to Cuomo’s resignation in August 2021.”

        Yea, Clearly the poor guy was framed. /s

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      People who vote for law and order or over things like “crime” that are displaced from the real statistics are fucking morons and will always vote their emotions.

    • Cassanderer@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      41·
      4 days ago

      Look at biden’s election, a few hundred thousand people, three of those 5 states by 30k.

      One would think they would have tried to be popular after that.

      People do not realize what is at stake and how both sides will fail them generally, or how tjey will not fail them as with mamdani.

    • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      3 days ago

      There is a lot of much racists, xenophobic, socialistophobe and communistophobe in the new york and the usa