'Hope won': Sadiq Khan compares newly-elected New York mayor to his leadership

New York has followed London by choosing anticipation implicit fearfulness successful electing Democrat Zohran Mamdani arsenic its caller mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan said.

Mr Mamdani, 34, defeated erstwhile New York politician Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to go the city's archetypal Muslim politician and the archetypal of South Asian heritage.

London politician Sir Sadiq drew comparisons to his ain 2016 triumph arsenic helium congratulated Mr Mamdani, who volition go New York's youngest politician successful much than a century erstwhile helium takes bureau connected 1 January.

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Sir Sadiq called it a "historic campaign", adding connected X: "New Yorkers faced a wide prime - betwixt anticipation and fearfulness - and conscionable similar we've seen successful London - anticipation won."

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson besides congratulated Mr Mamdani, telling Sky News: "I privation him well.

"It's a fantastic occupation to person secured."

Green Party person Zack Polanski said Mr Mamdani's occurrence "will resonate passim the world" arsenic helium called it a "story wherever nary 1 is near behind".

"It's clip to constitute that communicative crossed England and Wales too," helium added.

Mr Mamdani's triumph was a setback for Donald Trump, who had thrown his value down Andrew Cuomo, a erstwhile Democrat moving arsenic an independent.

The mayor-elect described himself arsenic "Trump's worst nightmare" and said New York had shown "a federation betrayed by Donald Trump however to decision him".

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The US president had threatened to chopped national backing to New York if Mr Mamdani won.

In his triumph speech, Mr Mamdani said: "New York volition stay a metropolis of immigrants, a metropolis built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and arsenic of tonight, led by an immigrant.

"If anyone tin amusement a federation betrayed by Donald Trump however to decision him, it is the metropolis that gave emergence to him."