The New York mayor-elect's victory has motivated the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.

In the New York City mayoral election, sports fans submitted write-in votes for local stars including Jalen Brunson, Aaron Judge, and Jaxson Dart.

Zohran Mamdani, 34, won New York City’s election for mayor on Nov. 5. The BBC reported that this win makes Mamdani the youngest person in over a century to lead the largest city in the United States.

Mamdani, who will be New York City’s first Muslim mayor, defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams.

The vote totals for the 2025 mayoral election in New York City were released, and Judge received 11 write-in votes. The New York Yankees star wasn't the only baseball player who received some write-in recognition, as free agent Pete Alonso, who has spent his entire career on the New York Mets, received three.

Former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey loses Jersey City mayoral runoff to councilman James Solomon, marking another failed political comeback attempt.

Voters in New Jersey’s second-largest city will get another chance to elect a new mayor Tuesday in a runoff election. The race pits a Jersey City council member against a former governor attempting a political comeback more than two decades after resigning in scandal.

Signed contracts for Manhattan homes over $4 million skyrocketed 25%, and “The idea that people would flee New York was overblown,” said realtor Donna Olshan.