Election results analysis: Mamdani’s victory and implications for NYC’s future.
Touché, lefties. Nice night.
Now that you got your election winnings, will you allow vulnerable Americans to eat again?
Zohran Mamdani won a solid majority (50.6%) of New York City votes. Curtis Sliwa — perhaps the last old-NYC candidate we will ever see — turns out not to have been a spoiler after all, as the combined total of his (7.1%) and Andrew Cuomo’s (41.7%) votes — 48.8% — fell short of Mamdani’s count.
When he wasn’t proclaiming Marxism and taking shots at President Trump, Mamdani stomped on Andrew Cuomo on the latter’s way out the door. „My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty“, Mayor-Elect Mamdani pontificated. „I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page on a political regime that has been forced into disarray. As we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few.“
In his concession speech, Andrew Cuomo alluded to the dark times ahead for city. „It is also important to note that almost half of New Yorkers did not vote to support a government agenda that makes promises that we know cannot be met“, he said.
