Readers on Zohran Mamdani’s victory: ‘It was a collective exhale’

Hundreds from New York City, across the US and beyond share their optimism, joy and more on the mayoral election Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City this week and Guardian readers had a lot of feelings to share about the news.Winning with more than 50% of the vote, the 34-year-old democratic socialist and state assembly member from Queens defeated the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. Continue reading...