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The trouble for the anti-Mamdani business is class is that the assemblyman will be emboldened. He is going to be a strong general election candidate, with the mass of organized labor likely behind him. Had the first-round vote been closer, Mamdani would be on shaky ground. But he’s on the verge of a real mandate. The wind is at his back.