Jagruti Dave: US Correspondent on Zohran Mamdani winning the New York City mayoral election

New York City's new Mayor Elect says he will remain accessible and transparent. 

34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has become the city's first Muslim mayor and the first mayor of South Asian heritage. 

He's achieved a landmark victory over Donald Trump-backed independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. 

US correspondent Jagruti Dave told Ryan Bridge this is a real shift for the Democratic Party. 

She says they've been in the wilderness since Donald Trump became president, so this will put some wind beneath their wings. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Let's go statesides. Of course, we have a new miror
of New York City who's gannering headlines, one because he's
the first Muslim mir of New York City, but also
because in the financial capital of the world, arguably we
have a socialist mia to Groutie Dave is with me
from Feature Story News this morning. Good morning morning. So
he's just head a press conference. What's he's saying, do
we know?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Well, he has essentially been talking about the reasons why
he's won. He's been taking questions and he is really
you know, I think playing on that victory speech that
he gave where he was talking about, you know, how
his campaign has defeated a dynasty, a political dynasty, talking
about Andrew Coomo, his major rival, who got the backing

(00:44):
of Donald Trump. Despite that Coomo didn't get you know,
enough Republicans to go on board and you know, go
vote for Cuomo. And so, you know, I think this
is a real shift in for the Democrats in many
ways because they've been kind of in the wilderness a
little bit since Donald Trump's election, and they're getting a

(01:05):
little bit of you know, wind under their sales looking
forward to the midterms, and I think this is just
sort of the momentum in New York. You know, this
is what he's really been talking about. The cost of
living is what Zoron Mum Danny really rode on. And
it's an indication that that is really what elections ride on.
It's the economy, stupid, That's what we're always told. And

(01:26):
I think this election proves that that is still the case.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
And yet the Democrats aren't running towards some arms open,
are they. I mean, this is the awkward thing for them.
They he's quite radical in terms of the political spectrum
in the US, so trying to present that and this
is why the Republicans are trying to paint him as
the defecto leader of the Democrats, right, because it's better
for them.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, this is the Democrats have always had this issue.
You know, when you look at in primaries when Bernie
Sanders was running, you've always had the left of the
party and the so called moderates of the party wrestling
as to the identity of the Democratic Party as a whole.
And I thinks or On Mum Danny is part of
that conversation that the Democrats are going to be having.

(02:13):
You know, people like Chuck Schumer didn't endorse mum Dani before,
openly endorse mum Danny before his victory, and now is
talking about how this is his victory and there's results
results as a whole of Democratic candidates winning on different
ballots in different ballots is a repudiation of Donald Trump.
So they're really juggling with this idea of somebody who

(02:34):
calls himself unashamingly a democratic socialist, who is you know,
the city's first Muslim mayor, who is a immigrant. All
of this is an identity. How do they grapple that
with the moderates who are saying, well, we need to
be making talking points that are going to be bringing
Repubs over.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, exactly, and Tregriuty appreciate that reporting this morning. Thank you, Deregretty.
Dave with us Foods Story and News You is correspondent
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