| MAGGIE COUGHLAN,
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Last night, Zohran Mamdani celebrated his historic win at the Brooklyn Paramount theater. As Fat Joe and Remy Ma’s 2004 hit “Lean Back” roused his supporters, many clad in Mamdani-branded merchandise (baseball caps, buttons, bandanas, berets, scarves—even a pimple patch), Elise Taylor was on the scene to chronicle the momentous evening. Across town, Olivia Empson watched the election results roll in with Andrew Cuomo’s camp in midtown Manhattan, while on the Upper East Side, Dan Adler mingled with an “unpredictable mélange” of Curtis Sliwa loyalists. It was an unforgettable night—and VF was there to capture it all. |
In his victory speech, newly crowned mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani talked to the crowd about “hope”—just like former president Barack Obama did when he inspired young progressives in 2008—and called New York a “shining city.” He sent a message to President Donald Trump, who had claimed to be “a much better-looking person” than Mamdani in the days leading up to the election and threatened to withhold federal funding for the city should Mamdani win. |
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VF’s Elise Taylor has all the exclusive details from the Brooklyn celebration, including Hasan Piker, Cynthia Nixon, mosh-pit-level excitement, pimple-patch merch, and more. |
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The right wing decries the “major Islam problem in America” as Trump himself vows to retaliate against New York City. |
The painter behind Lily Allen’s West End Girl paintings has catapulted herself into the pop culture spotlight. |
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All’s Fair stars Kim Kardashian and Teyana Taylor recently sat down to take Vanity Fair’s infamous lie detector test. The costars questioned each other about Taylor’s relationship with Aaron Pierre, working with Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, getting legal advice from ChatGPT, and what really happened to the Marilyn Monroe dress. |
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