"Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath as the city's first Muslim mayor. After working part of the night in his new office, Mamdani then returned to City Hall in a taxi cab around midday Thursday for a grander public inauguration where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the mayor's political heroes, administered the oath for a second time."
"Throughout the ceremony, speakers hit on the theme that carried Mamdani to victory in the election: Devotion to using government power to lift up the millions of people who struggle with the city's high cost of living. Sanders insisted that doing so partly by raising taxes on the rich wouldn't be radical. In the richest country in the history of the world, making sure that people can live in affordable housing is not radical, he told the crowd."
Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City and was sworn in just after midnight in a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall, placing his hand on a Quran as he took the oath as the city's first Muslim mayor. New York Attorney General Letitia James administered that midnight oath. After working overnight, Mamdani returned to City Hall around midday for a public inauguration where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders administered the oath again. Speakers emphasized using government power to lift people struggling with the city's high cost of living, including raising taxes on the wealthy and expanding affordable housing. Thousands gathered for cold-weather festivities near the Canyon of Heroes, including a block party.
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