Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been called as the winner of the New York City mayoral election less than forty minutes after polls closed, after he was projected to win an outright majority of the vote and with shares as high as eighty percent in working-class areas.

Mamdani saw off attacks from his own party, the candidacy as an independent of Andrew Cuomo – whom he had already thrashed in the Democratic party primary – and racist attacks from the Israel lobby and the Trump regime, with Trump even threatening to defund the city if it voted Mamdani in. The city’s first Muslim mayor, who has condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza as an unequivocal genocide, will certainly face further attacks and sabotage.

Oh My God, I want to see [arch-Zionist] Michael Rappaport’s face right now!
– Jewish Mamdani supporter after the result was declared

Muslim and Jewish New Yorkers are celebrating together at his election rally. He is expected to address supporters shortly.

By Skwawkbox

This post was originally published on Canary.