Tracking the rise of Zohran Mamdani: How a socialist outsider became New York’s mayor

A year ago, Zohran Mamdani was an obscure New York state assemblyman, largely unknown outside his Queens district. Today, the 34-year-old democratic socialist has pulled off one of the most astonishing political ascents in recent American history, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo twice in a year and securing a landslide victory in the general election […]