US EditionMayor-Elect Mamdani: New York Businesses Share Their Hopes and Worries
Zohran Mamdani won New York's mayoralty with progressive policies including universal childcare and rent freezes, signaling a shift to leftist politics, Democrats said.
- Yesterday, Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani became New York's first Muslim mayor as Democrats recorded sweeping off-year wins.
- Led by grassroots organisers, Zohran Mamdani’s victory reflected a shift away from centrist politics as a grassroots campaign mobilised working-class voters and leftist policies and activists.
- Amid international congratulations, British left figures celebrated Zohran Mamdani, with Sadiq Khan, London Mayor, drawing parallels and Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader, hosting a Sunday phone bank.
- Progressives hailed the result as proof that bold messaging can win, but observers warned Zohran Mamdani faces tomorrow's policy implementation challenges and must keep businesses on side.
- Within Britain's Labour Party, reactions ranged from muted to sharply critical as senior Labour Party figures stayed cautious, while Wes Streeting, Health Secretary, praised Zohran Mamdani's campaign as "inspirational" despite critics highlighting his proposals seen as hostile to trans people.
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Mayor-elect Mamdani: New York businesses share their hopes and worries
By Ramishah Maruf, Gordon Ebanks, John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — New York’s wealthiest had warned of a business exodus if Zohran Mamdani won Tuesday’s mayoral race. But for small business owners like Kadjahtou Balde, Mamdani’s victory is a reason to stay in one of the country’s most expensive cities. “As somebody who is a young person, who is a mom, who is an entrepreneur, who’s a (child of an) immigrant, existing in New York is something t…
Zohran Mamdani — a graduate in African Studies who was born in Kampala, the capital of Uganda just 34 years ago — will be the next mayor of New York. He will win more than 50% of the votes, a milestone. And there are not a few milestones in New York City that he will represent: he will be the first Muslim, the first socialist and the youngest to take office in more than a century. But, despite these first times, Mamdani also embodies some contin…
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The Straits TimesLondon's Khan hails Mamdani's victory in New York
RIO DE JANEIRO: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Wednesday (Nov 5) hailed Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral race as "a fantastic win" and congratulated New Yorkers for choosing "hope over fea
The historic victory on Tuesday, November 4, of Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim elected mayor of New York, also made reaction in Africa. Especially in Uganda where he was born in 1991, and in South Africa where his family spent a few years.
How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ spurred him to victory in the New York mayoral election
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, has been elected as New York City’s mayor. He became the first New York mayoral candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969, and looks set to secure over 50% of the total vote. With almost all of the votes counted, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo seems to have been backed by 41.6% of voters. Republican Curtis Sliwa has secured just 7%. Mamdani, who has become New York City’s first …
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