How Zohran Mamdani beat back New York's elite and was elected Mayor

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55% : Now, at age 34, he will be New York City's youngest leader in more than a century, amid a pile of historic firsts: the first Muslim mayor, the first South Asian and arguably the most influential democratic socialist in the country.
50% : "To me, it was the first moment I felt like he was the mayor of New York," Katz said. Also read: Zohran Mamdani's big plan for NYC: From free bus rides to universal child care, inside Democratic socialist's bold new agenda Mamdani knew he still had a problem.
47% : His goal was to expand free child care and buses, Mamdani said in some groups, but he was open to scrapping a proposed tax hike if he could find another funding stream.
46% : " Also read: Zohran Mamdani's rise: From Queens lawmaker to New York City mayor Some postprimary consolidation came quickly, especially as labor unions and local party leaders embraced his candidacy.
30% : Mamdani, a pro-Palestinian activist, told business leaders in July that he would "discourage" the use of the phrase, but the decision not to condemn it outright eventually helped fan a full-fledged backlash from prominent Jewish institutions, which aided Cuomo. Mamdani's harsh criticism of Israel played a role in another, less successful courtship of Bloomberg.
28% : Even fellow socialists thought his views on policing and Israel would put a hard ceiling on his support.
22% : Angry over Mamdani's comments on Israel and worried about his inexperience, Bloomberg ultimately sent $5 million to two super PACs attacking Mamdani and re-upped his endorsement of Cuomo -- but did so only six days before Election Day.
21% : A young democratic socialist, Mamdani had just toppled former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, upending New York's power structure in an upset so stunning and so swift that even he had not fully seen it coming.

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