The Democrat candidate ran on a significantly left-wing platform which included promising city-owned grocery shops and eliminating bus fares. Donald Trump is no fan and warned he could withhold federal funding for New York City if Mr Mamdani won.

Zohran Mamdani has been planning his mayoral transition for months and appears poised to hire veterans of city government to key posts in his administration.

Mayor Bloomberg is having an anger management problem with Albany, to judge by they way he ducked out of the proceedings in Albany Monday night and then by his press conference yesterday, where he lashed out at the Assembly over the speaker’s refusal to ...