Washington, Nov. 6 -- Zohran Mamdani, 34, was elected as the mayor of New York in a historic win on Tuesday night, riding on a campaign that cast him as a foil to a hostile Republican President Donald Trump , who in turn portrayed the Indian-origin Democratic candidate as a dangerous radical out of touch with voters. The self-described democratic socialist pulled off a stunning victory in the election and will take office on January 1, 2026 as the youngest mayor of New York in over a century, and also the first South Asian and Muslim to helm the administration of America's largest and richest city. Mamdani, who currently serves as an assemblyman in the New York State Assembly, defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was running as an independent. Mamdani won with 50.4% of votes, compared to Cuomo's 41.6%. Replublican nominee Curtis Sliwa secured 7.1%. The incumbent Eric Adams dropped out of the race amid low poll numbers and a series of scandals and later endorsed Cuomo. "Standing before you, I think of the words of Jawaharlal Nehru: 'A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance'," Mamdani said in his victory speech in Brooklyn, quoting from a speech delivered by India's first Prime Minister on the eve of India's independence. On stage were his parents, Odisha-born Mira Nair, director of Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding, and The Namesake, and academic Mahmood Mamdani, along with his wife Rama Duwaji. Mamdani wasted little time before making it clear that he sees part of his new role as standing up to the president of the United States, who had threatened not only to defund the city if he won but also to arrest and deport him. He addressed the Republican president directly and at length from the stage. "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up," he said, before declaring, "If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him." "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant," he said. "So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."...