Zohran Mamdani has been elected as the next mayor of New York City, marking a significant victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. At 34, Mamdani will become the city's first Muslim mayor and the highest-ranking elected Muslim official in the United States. His campaign, powered by young voters and immigrants, overcame a well-funded opposition from more than 20 billionaires, including Michael Bloomberg, Joe Gebbia, Ronald Lauder, Barry Diller, and Bill Ackman, who spent millions in an attempt to block his path to City Hall. Mamdani's pledges to freeze rent prices and increase taxes on the wealthiest residents alarmed traditional donors and real estate magnates, but record voter turnout propelled him to victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.