New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a 'New York is Not For Sale' rally at Forest Hills Stadium on October 26, 2025 in the Queens borough of New York City.

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Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC, and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), offers an analysis of the results of the New York City mayoral race and what's next for the city's new mayor.

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