On June 24, Assemblyman and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani became the presumptive winner of New York City’s Democratic party nomination for mayor. With 43.5 percent of the election’s first-round votes, he clinched an insurmountable seven-point lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. 

“We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford. A city where they can do more than just struggle,” Mamdani said in his victory speech on June 25. “One where those who toil in the night can enjoy the fruits of their labor in the day… Where rent-stabilized apartments are actually stabilized.”

Roshan Abraham. Shelterforce.