Zohran Mamdani became the Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor Tuesday, bolstered by a coalition of younger and middle-class voters across Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. The decisive win comes ahead of the first competitive general election in New York City in more than a decade.

Zohran Mamdani seemed to hit the political jackpot in besting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Hyper commentary now portrays this once

The New York Times editorial board urged Democratic voters in New York City against supporting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. With only five years under his belt as a state assemblyman, the board wrote,