Zohran Mamdani delivers brilliant four-word message to Trump after election triumph

'Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you…'

In the early hours of this morning (GMT), NBC News projected he had won with 60.2% of votes counted, and his closest rival, Andrew Cuomo, conceded not long after.

CBS News project that Mamdani has secured 50.4% of the vote, to independent Andrew Cuomo's 41.6% and Republican Curtis Sliwa's 7%. Mamdani has also won more than a million votes, making him the first candidate to do this since 1969, as New Yorkers turned out in their droves to vote.

In winning, Mamdani has become the first Muslim and first South Asian mayor of New York, and youngest person in a century to be elected to the position.

Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump wasn't a huge fan of Mamdani's progressive socialist politics, with the mayor having previously described himself as 'Trump's worst nightmare.'

And in his victory speech, Mamdani had a simple four-word message for the president.

He told supporters: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."

After lengthy cheers and applause, he added: "We will hold bad landlords to account, because the Donald Trump's of our city have grown far too comfortable taking advantage of their tenants."

Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist, and ran on a campaign of hope, promising affordable housing, free public buses, rent freezes and universal childcare for children under five.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has sent a message of congratulation to Mamdani, writing on social media: "New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won. Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his historic campaign."