When Zohran Mamdani finished his victory speech late Tuesday after winning the New York City mayoral race, a small crowd gathered around a man with blonde, curly hair who had watched the candidate with a satisfied smile from a corner of the stage.

After Zohran Mamdani successfully completed his historic bid for mayor of the country's largest city on Tuesday night, he was joined onstage by his wife Rama Duwaji. In his speech, Mamdani thanked Duwaji, saying, "There is no one I would rather have by my side in this moment and in every moment."

Here, get to know Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama—the new First Lady of New York City: Rama was born in June 1997 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Syrian immigrants from Damascus. Her dad is a software developer and her mom is a doctor. At age nine, her family moved to Dubai, which is where she attended high school.

New York City will impose fines on people who refuse to wear a face covering as the rate of positive tests for the novel coronavirus climbed above 3% for the first time in months, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday.

Here’s how Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo performed at the polls in different parts of the city.

Mamdani began his victory speech with a quote from socialist Eugene V. Debs, saying, "The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, 'I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.'"

Mayor-elect Mamdani's win in New York is cheered by his London counterpart and a former mentor in Uganda, but draws a warning from Israel's U.S. ambassador.

Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, will make history as the city’s first Gen Z first lady — though the 28-year-old has largely stayed out of the spotlight, she has played a key role behind the scenes.

Wall Street braced for change with the election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor on Tuesday, a win set to reverberate through the heart of global capitalism, with financiers worrying the city's competitiveness and business appeal could suffer.