New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is traveling to Puerto Rico on Thursday for an annual summit that brings New York politicians and lobbyists to sunny San Juan for strategy meetings, workshops and boozy confabs.

Israelis in Jerusalem expressed mixed emotions Wednesday after waking up to the news that Zohran Mamdani had been elected as the next mayor of New York City.

People in Uganda reacted on Wednesday to Zohran Mamdani winning New York City’s mayoral election, with some expressing joy at his victory. (AP/Patrick Onen)

The result makes Mamdani the first mayoral candidate in New York to surpass the one-million-vote mark since 1969.

The 34-year-old thanked his Indian-born parents, quoted a historic speech by India’s first prime minister and turned his victory rally into a Bollywood-style street party.

The passage of three ballot measures should ease city approval for new housing developments.

Democrats have swept the first major elections of Donald Trump's second term, with the US president saying the ongoing government shutdown is a "big factor".

Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City. We discuss what the results say about the future of the Democratic Party and to what extent the wins reflect a referendum on President Trump.