In New York City, Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the mayoral race, capping a meteoric and unlikely rise from an anonymous state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures.

Wall Street is on edge heading into the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday, with a potential victory for Zohran Mamdani set to reverberate through the heart of global capitalism, where financiers worry about the city's lasting competitiveness and appeal.

Three Democrats and one Republican were elected to fill four open seats in the state’s top trial court for Central and Northern New York, according to results as of 12:50 a.m. Wednesday. The four seats were previously held by three Republicans and one Democrat.

Zohran Mamdani, a prominent democratic socialist and state lawmaker, is projected to win election for New York City’s next mayor, delivering a seismic blow to the city’s deep-rooted power structures with all eyes on the future of a fractured Democratic Party charting its future against Donald Trump.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN this morning that, despite his endorsement and his vote, NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is not the "future of the Democratic Party." New York City Democrat Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday's election will be an exciting night,