“New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won."
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has congratulated Zohran Mamdani following his election victory in the New York mayoral race, which makes him the city’s youngest mayor since 1892, as well as its first Muslim and South Asian mayor.
Despite repeated Islamophobic and bigoted attacks from the right-wing press as well as being labelled a ‘communist’ by Donald Trump who threw his weight behind Cuomo, Mamdani 34, defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Congratulating Mr Mamdani on what he called an “historic campaign” on social media, Sir Sadiq said: “New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won.
“Huge congratulations to @ZohranKMamdani on his historic campaign.”
Trump has previously targeted Khan with Islamophobic slurs, with both politicians clashing in the past.
In September, Trump took aim at Khan during a speech at the UN, where he falsely claimed that London wanted to “go to sharia law” under its “terrible mayor”.
His comments were condemned by a number of Labour MPs with Khan responding himself calling Trump ‘racist, sexist and Islamophobic’.
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward
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