New York City saw its highest election turnout since 1969, as more than two million New Yorkers voted in the city’s mayoral election on Tuesday, delivering a resounding and quick victory to Zohran Mamdani .  Mamdani, a 34-year-old unapologetic democratic socialist , defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary in June, and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Across the city’s five boroughs, Mamdani—who won 50.4% of the vote,