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“New York is a-changin’,” Zohran Mamdani quipped in a social media post on Tuesday night, shortly before voters elected the democratic socialist the next mayor of New York City. But Mr. Mamdani apparently didn’t have permission to use the song he wanted — Bob Dylan’s 1964 classic “The Times They Are a-Changin’” — to underscore his point. In a minute-long montage video posted in the waning hours of Election Day, the 34-year-old candidate is seen handing out leaflets, shaking hands with voters and walking the streets with Senator Bernie Sanders while delivering lines like “We all want more money in our pocket, more dignity in our lives, more rest and joy in this wild, beautiful city.” Throughout the video, Mr. Dylan’s voice, guitar and harmonica can be prominently heard, performing his famed protest song, which begins: Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown At the end of the video, as Mr. Mamdani says, “This, my friends, was your movement,” the words “Paid for by Zohran for NYC” are displayed on the screen.
