Mamdani beat Hakeem Jeffries and is the new king of New York – it will have effects beyond the Empire State 68.9%
The Independent - By Eric Garcia - 6/24/2026, 12:10 PM
Biased Writer Voice 68.9% - Negativity Bias 27% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 26.5%
Last year, when President Donald Trump canceled congestion pricing in New York City, the White House posted a mock-up TIME cover of him with a crown with the label “Long Live the King.” It turns out that there was a new king of New York who was a product of Queens. But it was not the president. Rather, Astoria’s Zohran Mamdani would be... more