The race got the most participants since 1993 and got a lot of attention across the country, in part because people like President Donald Trump criticized it.
At the age of 34, Mamdani is the city’s youngest mayor since the 1800s, and he is now a well-known member of the progressive left. The move from being a State Assembly member to the mayor of the city was mostly due to his grassroots work in Queens and his appeal to young voters.
“I would hope that the city takes the history of mayors very seriously,” Hortenstine said.
While looking into early mayors’ ties to the slave trade, he says he found proof that a mayoral term in the 1670s was wrongly not included in the official record. Continue reading…
