Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City
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New York City’s Jewish community — the largest in the United States — abounds with anxiety and friction a day ahead of an election that could give the city its first Muslim mayor. That candidate, Zohran Mamdani,
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and first person of South Asian descent to hold the position — and the youngest mayor in more than a century. The 34-year-old Ugandan-born lawmaker,