"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall. No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election."
"The mayor-elect has pledged to protect LGBTQ+ New Yorkers with a laundry list of policies, including the expansion and protection of gender-affirming care, establishing the city as a refuge for the community, and vowing to create an office of LGBTQIA+ affairs. He also acknowledged how economic issues, such as cost of living increases, disproprtionatelly affect LGBTQ+ people, noting that they have "higher rates of unemployment and homelessness than the rest of the city.""
Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral election with over 50% of the vote, becoming the youngest mayor-elect in over a century and the city's first Muslim mayor-elect. He defeated former Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent and received 41% amid sexual harassment allegations and criticism for AI-generated adverts characterized as racist. Mamdani thanked supporters and family in a Brooklyn speech and emphasized standing up for immigrants, trans people, Black women, single mothers, and others with their backs against the wall. He pledged to expand and protect gender-affirming care, make the city a refuge for LGBTQ+ people, create an office of LGBTQIA+ affairs, and address economic disparities that leave LGBTQ+ people with higher unemployment and homelessness rates.
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