Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York
A 34-year-old democratic socialist wins the largest city in the United States.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- New York City, United States · 40.7128° N, 74.0060° W
Mamdani won on 4 November 2025 after beating Andrew Cuomo in the primary, on a platform of fare-free buses, rent freezes and city-run grocery stores. He is the city's first Muslim and first South Asian mayor and its youngest in over a century, and was sworn in on 1 January 2026. The campaign was widely studied for its use of short-form video.