Overview
- Just after midnight, Zohran Mamdani took a private oath at the decommissioned Old City Hall subway station, placing his hand on a Qur'an as New York Attorney General Letitia James administered the ceremony.
- At a public inauguration on the steps of City Hall, Senator Bernie Sanders administered a ceremonial oath after remarks by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, followed by a block‑party along the Canyon of Heroes attended by thousands.
- Mamdani, 34, is New York City’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian descent, and the first born in Africa to hold the office.
- He reaffirmed a platform focused on rent freezes for stabilized tenants, free buses, and expanded universal child care, proposals he says would be funded by higher taxes on millionaires and corporations that require approval in Albany.
- In his first remarks, he announced Mike Flynn as transportation commissioner, while entering office under scrutiny from some Jewish leaders over past statements on Israel and pledging to address antisemitism.