Overview
- At midnight, Letitia James will administer a private oath at the historic Old City Hall subway station, followed by a 1 p.m. ET public ceremony at City Hall led by Bernie Sanders with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introducing Mamdani.
- The public program includes about 4,000 accredited seats and a registered Broadway block party with large screens from Murray to Liberty streets, with general entry opening at 11 a.m.
- Mamdani becomes New York City’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest since 1992 after winning roughly 50% of the vote in a high-turnout election over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
- His platform centers on affordability measures including a rent freeze for stabilized units, 200,000 affordable homes, universal childcare, public supermarkets, and free buses, with key operational details still to be worked out.
- Signaling continuity on safety, Mamdani will retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, citing recent declines in shootings and homicides reported by the department.