New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, alongside his mayoral transition team, speaks during a news conference at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in the Queens borough of New York City on November 5, 2025. Mamdani, 34, is the city's first Muslim mayor and the youngest to serve in more than a century. The Democratic socialist's victory came in the face of fierce attacks on his policies and his Muslim heritage from business elites, conservative media commentators and Trump himself. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large “Thank you,” an incredibly energized new NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani told his joyous crowd on election night. “Hope is alive…Hope over tyranny.”  He spoke with eloquence and fiery conviction “We have toppled a political dynasty.” The NYC General Election was a landslide win for...