New York City, Zohran and Mamdani
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Democratic candidates won contested races in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, but a Republican firebrand won re-election.
Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City. We discuss what the results say about the future of the Democratic Party and to what extent the wins reflect a referendum on President Trump.
A Houston police union targeted New York City officers with a recruitment campaign after Zohran Mamdani, who previously called to defund police, won the NYC mayoral race.
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping the Democrat's stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the count
Zohran Mamdani, a once unheralded state lawmaker from Queens whose affordability platform and charisma fueled a meteoric political rise, was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York, according to The Associated Press.
On the day after election night, Democrats are celebrating major victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California and New York City. Ed O'Keefe breaks it down.
New York’s financial elite has offered cautious support to Zohran Mamdani after the democratic socialist won the city’s mayoral election in a race that brought voters to the polls in huge numbers. Many on Wall Street have viewed the 34-year-old Queens assemblyman with suspicion for his criticism of the city’s moneyed class and his pledge to impose additional income tax on salaries over $1mn.
New York is quietly preparing for a Donald Trump takeover of the country’s largest city. A wide range of New York’s most prominent civic leaders have for weeks been meeting behind the scenes to plan for the possibility of Trump sending in the National Guard or any other federal agents into New York City,