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.

  • Tudsamfa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    The problem is the word “internal”, someone winning a mayoral election should only be relevant to people of that city. World news should have bigger impacts than potential future city guidelines.

    Kyoto’s tourism tax may be world news, who is elected its mayor isn’t.

    That said, we are so starved for good news from the US that I confess it was of interest to me, a person not in the US. And it was treated as way more than a regular local election by the media.

    • _stranger_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Purely a naming problem IMHO. I don’t see a problem with having a “No Us News Unless It’s Really Important As Decided By A Comitee Of Volunteers” comm, just maybe don’t name it “world news”