Mamdani has already begun working to allay some anxiety, meeting with billionaires (whom he once said “shouldn’t exist”), abandoning his 2020 calls to “defund the police” and slightly softening his rhetoric surrounding Israel.

Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Kampala and moved to New York as a child, became a US citizen in 2018. He is known for his socialist stance and is considered one of the most vocal