5 November 2025
New Yorkers have elected Zohran Mamdani, a young Muslim and Democratic “socialist” as mayor as American voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump’s tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections.
Mamdani defeated former state governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who was running as an independent after being beaten in the primary.
Curtis Sliwa, Republican candidate and founder of the Guardian Angels, finished third in the election.
“The next and last stop is City Hall,” Mamdani said in a video posted to X after his victory was declared.
Mamdani, aged just 34, is a self-described socialist who was virtually unknown before his upset victory to secure the Democratic nomination.
He has been focusing on reducing living costs for ordinary New Yorkers, building support through his informal personal style and social-media-friendly clips of him walking the streets chatting with voters.
With the win, Mamdani, born in Uganda to Indian parents and raised in New York from the age of seven, becomes the Big Apple’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor.
His victory came in the face of fierce attacks on his policies and Muslim heritage from President Donald Trump, business elites and conservative media.
Unabashedly playing the race card, Trump on Tuesday labelled Mamdani as a “Jew hater.”
“Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!” the Republican president posted on his social media platform.
Prominent business people including Bill Ackman noisily attacked Mamdani and funneled cash to his rivals, while conservative media including The New York Post published blanket negative coverage.’
Source : Trt
