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"This Old City Hall station swearing in reflects the city I'm committed to serving," Mamdani told Streetsblog in a statement. "The New Yorkers who ride our trains and buses each day to get to work, travel home to see their families and keep our city running will be the North Star for my incoming administration."
"When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 - one of New York's 28 original subway stations - it was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples' lives," he added. "That ambition need not be a memory confined only to our past, nor must it be isolated only to the tunnels beneath City Hall: It will be the purpose of the administration fortunate enough to serve New Yorkers from the building above."
Streetsblog requests tax-deductible donations to support free journalism and to advance efforts to end car dependency, offering a special gift for major supporters. Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor at midnight on Jan. 1 inside the old, abandoned City Hall subway station. The chosen location symbolizes a commitment to transit riders and to the transformative politics that built the subway. Mamdani framed the Old City Hall station as emblematic of ambitious civic projects and said that the New Yorkers who ride trains and buses will guide his incoming administration. He said he will take his oath from the station at the dawn of the New Year.
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