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As Zahran Mamdani walked the streets of the Upper East Side, he could barely take a few steps without being stopped.

Through viral videos laser-focused on making America's most expensive city more affordable.

Tackle government waste.

And outreach to content creators.

The millennial New York State Assemblyman has successfully courted young and disaffected voters, but a wider electorate as well.

It's voted today.

Today.

To those skeptical of a politician who identifies as a democratic socialist, he's explained in interviews what it means to him.

I asked him out on the campaign trail why he believed his approach was the right one for Democrats in the Trump era.

His supporters say they finally feel energized at a time when faith in the Democratic Party is at an all-time low.

But some skeptical New Yorkers worry about the 34-year-old's perceived inexperience and whether he can deliver on his promises to freeze rents on subsidized units and make buses and universal child care free.

Wall Street leaders are hardly celebrating a Democratic socialist potentially leading the world's financial capital.

Howard Wolfson is a counselor to the former mayor, Michael Bloomberg.

Despite his popularity in liberal New York, Democratic leadership in Congress seems worried about the implications of his victory.

as tensions between moderates and progressives persist.

I mean, he's a communist and going to be mayor of New York.

Donald Trump has taken a special interest in the New York race, even threatening to cut federal funding to the city if the new progressive superstar wins.

I asked Mamdani how he will handle opposition and those who seek to block him.