From the UWF Executive Committee (11/4/2025):
UWF extends our deepest congratulations to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, his campaign staff, and his 50,000+ volunteers for their stunning win in New York City’s mayoral election. Soaring from 1 percent in polls at the beginning of the year, Mamdani beat his famous, corporate-funded opponent by 12 points in the primary and again, resoundingly, tonight. We lift up this victory as a win for the many, and as a reminder that, even as democracy in our country is threatened by fascism and racist attacks, organized people can beat organized big money. Mamdani’s win is a resounding mandate that the needs of working-class communities must be prioritized, and that corporations and the ultra-wealthy must pay their fair share in taxes to ensure that all the city’s residents can thrive.
This campaign spoke to the heart of what New Yorkers need and deserve: affordable housing, free childcare, well-funded public education, free and safe public transportation, accessible healthcare, and root-cause approaches to community safety. Youth turned out in unprecedented numbers for this transformative agenda, and their voice is clear: the same old tired platforms that center corporate greed and establishment politics over human need will no longer do.
In Chicago, like we are seeing in NYC, it was a people-powered platform that prioritized and mobilized our Black, Brown, and working-class communities that catapulted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson into office in 2023 despite massive corporate spending. Elected leaders for the many will face no shortage of attacks from billionaires who are used to always getting their way, but when labor unions, grassroots organizations, and neighbors come together to build a city where all of us can thrive instead of just survive, anything is possible.
From Illinois and Chicago, we send unwavering solidarity to those who carried this expansive vision forward and who will keep fighting for a just, equitable future for all New Yorkers in the coming years.
