Zohran Mamdani has stood against the rise of the populist right in the United States, storming to victory in the New York City mayoral race as a self-described democratic socialist while swathes of the country appear to move in the opposite direction.
The Democrat nominee’s victory after a relentless campaign, over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, represents a stark vindication for his approach to politics in the Big Apple.
