Zohran Mamdani photo from Oct. 24 at the Parkside Lounge by Stacie Joy
As you likely know, Zohran Mamdani will be NYC's 111th mayor. He also becomes the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to hold the position, per NPR and other published reports.
With nearly 90% of the expected vote counted, the Associated Press reports that Mamdani has 50.4% of the vote ... while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has 41.6% and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has 7.1%.
Mamdani had the highest margin of victories in these Manhattan neighborhoods: Morningside Heights (+49), Hamilton Heights (+47), Harlem (+45) and the East Village (+42).
An extraordinary number of voters turned out for both Mamdani and Cuomo. All told, more than two million New Yorkers cast their ballots, close to double the turnout of recent races and the most since 1969. Mamdani was propelled to victory by the votes of more than one million New Yorkers — more than any winning candidate in at least the past 20 years.
In the race for City Council District 2, Harvey Epstein won by a wide margin, garnering more than 78% of the vote, followed by Republican Jason Murillo and independents Allie Ryan and Gail Schargel.
In District 1, Christopher Marte was re-elected with 72% of the vote over Republican Helen Qui.
The other major races played out as expected:
• Comptroller — Mark Levine
• District Attorney – Alvin Bragg
• Manhattan Borough President — Brad Hoylman-Sigal
More results from NY1 here.
13 comments:
Beautiful Christie St Garden isn't part of the EV, but what jeopardy is it is in now - and what other city owned properties that are currently community gardens in the EV will be targeted for development for city owned housing... can EVGrieve keep tabs on this please?
oops... meant Elizabeth ST Garden on last comment - plz correct...?
what part of the election puts the community gardens at risk?
Mamdani already said he won't protect Elizabeth Street Garden. And for a long time the city has had its eye on community gardens for development.
*yawn*
Get ready for Mayor Jumaane Williams to take over. Once Mamdani discovers what it is like to have a real job and actually work every day, he'll decide to pick up his marbles and go home.
most important these days is that no republicans won
Quality of life will drop, very sad
The takeover by trust-fund hipster transplants is now complete.
Yes Liz Christie Garden is at risk as well as Elizabeth St Garden as are the gardens on E. 6th Street and 11th St.and the other 550 community gardens in NYC.whose property is owned by the city. With the passing of Props 2,3 & 4 there will be no oversight by the City Council on Big Real Estate as long as the Mayor approves.projects. The mayor will form an group to over see the plans but of course they will echo his approvals. There will be no one challenging using garden land for building and whether there is an appropriate number of affordable units, green space, community benefits, etc.
Get ready for the Concrete Jungle.
Thanks for your input Staten Islander, or Jumaane Williams’s mom. Meanwhile, being an Assemblyman, introducing legislation, and going on a 15 day hunger strike to secure a win for cab drivers remains an important job!
MAGA* trolls say what at this thread?
*Just look at the list of the players who endorsed Cuomo. POS all. EOS. Cuomo went to the fear/hate gutter at the end of his campaing. Mamdani is far from perfect ( I am not a political cult follower) but look at the choice of candidates. And remember, voting is binary. And he's not corrupt. And Silwa, to his credit, did not take the blood money (he claims) and drop out.
Unfortunately people are the ones that will suffer while he's learning on the job.
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