Overview
- Zohran Mamdani took a private midnight oath at the Old City Hall subway station on a Qur'an administered by Attorney General Letitia James, followed by a public City Hall ceremony where Bernie Sanders gave a ceremonial oath and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered remarks.
- He becomes New York City’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian descent, the first born in Africa, and the youngest leader in more than a century.
- Within hours of taking office, his administration said he rescinded several Adams-era executive orders and issued new orders aimed at addressing the housing crisis.
- Delivering his platform of free buses, a rent freeze, and universal childcare will require new revenue and support from Albany, where Governor Kathy Hochul has signaled resistance to raising income taxes.
- Jewish organizations are scrutinizing transition hires after an ADL review flagged anti-Israel statements among some appointees, and conservative figures reacted sharply to his inauguration and democratic-socialist agenda.