Zohran Mamdani has made New York City history with his ascendant election victory Tuesday night, ABC News projects. New Yorkers chose Mamdani to become the city's 111 th mayor, and with that title Mamdani will represent several firsts in the city's three-and-a-half-century existence.

Curtis Sliwa, the 71-year-old Republican, lives with six cats, wears a red beret and is making his second bid to become New York City mayor. Sliwa’s been a city fixture since the 1970s as the founder