In a historic landslide, New Yorkers have chosen 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani as the city’s next mayor, decisively defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

With over 97% of the votes counted, Mamdani secured at least 1.03 million votes— more than all other candidates combined — making him the first Muslim mayor of New York City and the first of South Asian heritage.

Just a year ago, hardly anyone had heard his name. But now, he’s making history.

At just 34, Zohran Mamdani has won the New York mayoral race, becoming the city’s youngest mayor in a century and its first Muslim leader.London Mayor Sadiq Khan praised the victory as a triumph for optimism, tweeting:

”New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won.”

”Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching..”
At his election night rally outside the Brooklyn Paramount, Mamdani delivered a message celebrating New York’s identity as a city of immigrants:”New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”

But Mamdani didn’t stop there. He wasted no time calling out President Donald Trump, signaling the fierce political battles ahead. In front of a cheering crowd, he delivered four pointed words directly at the president:”Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!”

Mamdani’s campaign had already positioned him as a counterweight to Trump’s policies, particularly on immigration, and his bold remarks make it clear that he intends to continue the fight from City Hall.

”If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him,” Mamdani told supporters.

”And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.”