"commitment to the working people who keep our city running every day."
"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,"
"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 purpo"
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City mayor at the start of 2026 with two ceremonies: a private midnight oath at the former City Hall subway station and a larger public swearing-in and block party outside City Hall the following afternoon. Letitia James will administer the oath at the old station. The decommissioned station opened in 1904 and closed in 1945, and it is usually visible only via occasional tours or by staying on the 6 train past its downtown terminus. The choice of location is presented as a symbol of commitment to working people and the city’s ambition.
Read at Fortune
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]