Overview
- After the City Hall ceremony, Mamdani rescinded several late Adams-era executive orders and announced a revived tenant protection office plus two housing task forces.
- He vowed to govern as a democratic socialist, prioritizing a rent freeze, universal child care, free buses and a pilot for city-run groceries.
- The 34-year-old was sworn in privately just after midnight at the Old City Hall subway station on a Qur’an by Attorney General Letitia James, then took a ceremonial oath from Senator Bernie Sanders as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed the crowd.
- Tens of thousands took part in inaugural events, including a seven-block Broadway block party and a packed City Hall plaza despite frigid weather.
- Early crosscurrents surfaced, with criticism from conservatives and concern from Jewish leaders over some appointees, even as the mayor faces budget and state-approval hurdles and a sometimes-warm, sometimes-wary dynamic with President Donald Trump.