Election night took an awkward turn for NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo. The former CNN host and brother of disgraced former New York governor-turned-New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo was behind the desk as polling numbers came in and made it clear that Zohran Mamdani was going to become the next mayor of New York City.

CNN announced in a breaking news update that the 34-year-old Democratic nominee had clinched victory. Mamdani, who calls himself a Democratic socialist, is the first Muslim and South Asian mayor. He is also the youngest mayor since John Purror Mitchel in 1913,

The new leaders of the Working Families Party, the coalition of progressive groups and labor unions, sent around invites to a secret meeting in November 2023.