India, Nov. 5 -- Moments after scripting history after winning the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani took to Instagram, paying tribute to the New York subway, the lifeline of the city that connects millions of New Yorkers.

He posted a simple video where a train stops at the City Hall station, with a subway announcement saying, "The next and the last stop is City Hall".

Mamdani, 34, becomes the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US.

The Indian-origin politician, who identifies himself as a democratic socialist, bagged 948,202 votes (50.6 per cent), with 83 per cent of the votes in.

He had been the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election for months and o...