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.
