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Billionaires who spent millions to block him now face working with NYC's new mayor

By Maria Aspan,
A Martínez
Published November 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM PST

Wall Street leaders and billionaires spent big to defeat democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City's mayoral race. Now they have to figure out how to work with him.

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Maria Aspan
Maria Aspan is the financial correspondent for NPR. She reports on the world of finance broadly, and how it affects all of our lives.
A Martínez
A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West.
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