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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.

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

From dead war criminals to this, lots of good news today! Not necessarily making up for everything, but I'll take it.

Prop 50 should be a done deal too, yeah?

[–] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 22 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Rule 1: posts have the following requirements: Not United States Internal News

[–] mjr 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

NYC has lots of foreign residents and visitors, maybe the most of any USA city, so isn't a foreign-born mayor there more than merely 'internal news'? It's not like the mayoral election of Nowhere, North Dakota.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It is still an event that is mostly relevant to people living in NYC with little bearing on other US states, despite the media reporting on it as if it was a big deal everywhere. We are just starved for good news.

Most of the other news stories here affect entire countries or regions. I'll grant you, it is more impactful than Japan sending soldiers to deal with bear attacks, but less than any other world news posts on my page 1. It would probably become world news if he pushes through some of his policies for being unprecedented in the US, though.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Did you guys hear about the one time he broke up with his girlfriend in high-school?! Gave her the whole it's not you, it's me line. How could anyone vote for that!

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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

National Guard deployed to NYC because Antifa riots in 3 ... 2 ... 1

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

Welp time to go grab a beer so I can toast to this! That is a kickass win.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What I think is truly wild: 800,000+ voters still voted against someone whose policies would have helped make their lives better.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

congratulations and many more days to come for which to deal with the ruling class

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago
[–] Bonifratz@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Maybe the best-run election campaign I have ever followed. When I first heard about him, I was sure that he would make some blunders here and there, or somebody would dig up some legitimate dirt that could stick.

But instead his messaging was on point, at all times. The only dirt people found were like one statement about the police and one about the intifada, none of which mattered much. He held his own in the debates. His ads were interesting and incredibly well made. The music choices were great. Hell, even just the Bollywood style ZOHRAN campaign logo was worth a 100k votes!

I really can't think of a single thing about the campaign that could've been done better.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Finally some good fucking news

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

there was enough to get cumuo to 41% however. in other news virginia just elected a first female governor too.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

After so many bad news the fact that Mamdani won NYC is such a relief.

[–] Mniot@programming.dev 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Well-earned by Mamdani, but also I hope it's the last anyone has to see of Cuomo.

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