Overview
- New York Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath in the disused station beneath City Hall at the turn of the year.
- A larger public ceremony at City Hall is scheduled for midday with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, and organizers expect a crowd in the tens of thousands, with 40,000 cited.
- Mamdani said the venue was chosen to evoke a city that once dared to be beautiful and to build projects that transformed workers’ lives.
- He campaigned on a rent freeze for more than a million apartments, building 200,000 affordable homes, universal childcare, public low‑price supermarkets and free buses, though key mechanisms remain undefined and prior appointments to the rent board could complicate a freeze.
- Elected on explicit opposition to President Trump yet welcomed at the White House after his victory, he could face federal pushback, with analysts warning of potential moves such as increased immigration enforcement or funding cuts.