Zohran Mamdani invokes Nehru in victory speech, says New York City mayoral election toppled political dynasty

“Friends, we’ve got toppled a political dynasty. I want Andrew Cuomo solely the very best in personal life, however let tonight be the ultimate time I utter his title as we flip the web page on a politics that abandons the various and solutions solely to the few. New York tonight you might have delivered,” Mr. Mamdani mentioned in his victory speech Tuesday (November 4) night time because the polls declared him victorious within the 2025 elections to a rousing reception from his supporters.

“We received as a result of New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the inconceivable may very well be made potential, and we received as a result of we insisted that not would politics be one thing that’s accomplished to us. Now, it’s one thing that we do,” he mentioned.

“Standing earlier than you, I consider the phrases of Jawaharlal Nehru – a second comes, however hardly ever in historical past, once we step out from the outdated to the brand new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation lengthy suppressed finds utterance. Tonight, we’ve got stepped out from the outdated into the brand new.”