‘Time for a new era’: hope swells in New York as Zohran Mamdani makes history

Supporters and high-profile New York Democrats gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate New York's first Muslim mayor

At Zohran Mamdani's election night party in downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday night, hundreds of his supporters erupted in cheers and applause as the democratic socialist from Queens was elected the next mayor of New York City.

I'm ecstatic!" This is life-changing!" I'm lost for words!" were just some of the refrains from the crowd as they celebrated history in the making: New York has its first Muslim mayor.