Zohran Mamdani has done History of New York City with its upward election victory Tuesday night, ABC News projects.
“The future is in our hands,” he said in an impassioned victory speech.
New Yorkers elected Mamdani will become the city’s 111th mayor, and with that title Mamdani represent several firsts in the three and a half centuries of the city’s existence.
When Mamdani is sworn in on January 1, will become the city’s first Muslim and first New Yorker of South Asian descent be mayor, as well as the first mayor of the city. Mayor of African origin.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event in Brooklyn, New York, on November 4, 2025.
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At just 34 years old, Mamdani will also be the second-youngest mayor in the city’s history. (Mayor John Purroy michael He was also 34 years old when he took office in 1914. while mayor Hugh J. Grant I was 30 years old when It was inaugurated in 1889.)
Mamdani will be he first immigrant mayor since Mayor Abe Beame, who was born in the United Kingdom, took office in 1974. (Six New The mayors of York were born outside the United States, before Mamdani).
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waits for his wife Rama Duwaji to vote in the New York City mayoral election at a polling station in Astoria, the Queens borough of New York City, on November 4, 2025.
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Now a high-profile target of President Donald Trump, who called the democratic socialist a “communist” and promised political retaliation, the mayor-elect touted his unconventional political philosophy from the start of his campaign, when he was a little-known two-term state assemblyman. representing Astoria, Queens.
Emphasizing his youth, he spoke about his experience as an immigrant while researching the various neighborhoods of the city, especially outside of Manhattan, and sought to address your needs.
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waits for his wife Rama Duwaji to vote in the New York City mayoral election at a polling station in Astoria, the Queens borough of New York City, on November 4, 2025.
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Although at the beginning of the year he was near the bottom of the polls, behind Mayor Eric adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo by double digits: Mamdani forged ahead, focusing on ‘affordability’ and nailing down proposals.
Mamdani has promoted plans to freeze the rent of rent stabilized apartments and provide universal child care and free buses. He has called to 2% tax increase about New York City residents who earn more than $1 million a year to pay for these services.
The mayor-elect’s proposals arise from his democratic socialist beliefs, which have been criticized not only by Republicans but also by also from some Centrist Democrats like Cuomo, who maintained that his proposals were unattainable.
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media after casting a vote in the New York City mayoral election, in a park in Astoria, Queens, in New York City, on November 4, 2025.
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Mamdani is the city’s second mayor to have been a democratic socialist member since David Dinkins took office in 1990.
The mayor-elect has also been criticized for his pro-Palestinian views and comments that some, including Cuomo, considered anti-Semitic.
Mamdani has promised to work for the city’s Jewish population and argued that his main criticism was of the Israeli government’s actions since the conflict began.
But how are the history books of the city? rewritten With Tuesday’s election results, Mamdani will also break a lesser-known historical record as mayor.
New York City hasn’t had a bearded mayor since 1913, when William Jay Gaynor a sporty one. He he hasn’t done it Had a mayor with facial hair since Dinkins.
