Twenty-four years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York may end up with Muslim mayor
New Yorkers voted in the primaries for this year’s New York mayoral race. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was hoping to win the primaries and was also hoping to become New York’s next mayor. However, AOC-endorsed Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani ended up winning. Mamdani will continue to campaign for the general election later this year. If Mamdani wins in the general election, he will end up becoming New York’s first Muslim governor.
From Fox News:
Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member from Queens who is originally from Uganda, topped the former three-term governor and nine other candidates in a crowded primary field in an election that was determined by ranked-choice voting. He will be considered the frontrunner in November’s general election in the heavily blue city.
“Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night, and he put together a great campaign,” Cuomo said Tuesday in front of supporters. “He touched young people and inspired them and moved them and got them to come out and vote. He really ran a highly impactful campaign. I called him. I congratulated him. I applaud him sincerely for his effort.”
Cuomo added that “tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won.”
“We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford,” Mamdani told supporters in a late-night speech. “A city where they can do more than just struggle. One where those who toil in the night can enjoy the fruits of their labor in the day.”
As the unofficial results of the first round of voting trickled in, in which Mamdani was leading, Cuomo told his supporters that his campaign would be “having conversations” about how to proceed to help both the Democratic Party and New York City moving forward.
“Now I want to look at all the numbers, as they come in and this ranked choice voting and, what the numbers actually say and do,” Cuomo added.
Additional Reading:
Steinhauser, P., & Heavey, D. (2025, June 25). Cuomo concedes in NYC Democratic primary for mayor, congratulates AOC-endorsed Mamdani. Fox News. Link.
