Zohran Mamdani Wins New York Mayoral Race With Youth Surge and Cost-of-Living Pitch

Overview

• Mamdani captured just over 51% of the vote to Andrew Cuomo’s roughly 44% and Curtis Sliwa’s about 5%, with more than 2 million ballots cast in the city’s highest turnout since 1969.
• His low-budget, social-media-first campaign mobilized over 100,000 volunteers who knocked on roughly 500,000 doors and helped drive more than 1 million votes.
• Core pledges include freezing rents on a large share of stabilized units, making city buses free, expanding universal childcare and subsidizing groceries.
• The 34-year-old immigrant, born in Kampala to filmmaker Mira Nair and political scientist Mahmood Mamdani, becomes New York’s first Muslim mayor-elect.
• President Donald Trump publicly urged voters against him and warned of withholding federal funds, and one outlet reported a cut on Election Day, while online reaction ranged from celebratory memes to hostile attacks and analysts flagged fiscal and housing-market risks.