Astead Herndon

Laura Bullard was on fax.

Patrick Boyd engineered.

I'm Ested Herndon, and this is Today Explained.

Okay, so you may have heard.

New York City gets a new mayor this week, 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani.

Mamdani's election was one of the biggest wins for the left in 2025.

But since then, he's been quietly going about a new task, trying to make sure his sweeping campaign promises can actually happen.

Can this new kind of politics succeed?

Or is this Vamdani's high point the days before he gets into office?

On this episode of Today Explained from Vox, we sit down with New York City's mayor-elect and ask him directly, is he for real?

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