Zohran Mamdani, 34, has positioned herself as a democratic socialist since 2020 when she first launched herself into the political scene and ran for the New York State Assembly.
Now, elected as the first Muslim mayor of New York City and the youngest in America’s largest city in more than a century, he embraces socialism more than ever.
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have attacked his political label and claimed that Mamdani is a Communist.
The BBC’s Nomia Iqbal looks at the meaning behind democratic socialism and what it means for New York.