US EditionOcasio-Cortez touts ‘new era for New York City’ at Mamdani inauguration
Mamdani, 34, NYC's first Muslim and youngest mayor, began his term with transit and childcare reforms funded by proposed millionaire and corporate tax hikes.
- Shortly after midnight Wednesday, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in at the abandoned City Hall subway station, with State Attorney General Letitia James administering the oath as his wife Rama Duwaji and parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair looked on.
- By choosing the old City Hall subway station, Mamdani highlighted public transit's central role in the city and framed it alongside streetscape as core administration priorities.
- Amid the subterranean oath, Mamdani announced Mike Flynn, Transportation Commissioner pick, at the station steps, previewing transit priorities within his broader affordability agenda.
- Funding questions persist because state tax authority and Gov. Kathy Hochul oppose new taxes on millionaires, while outgoing Mayor Eric Adams made appointments this month to block Mamdani's rent-freeze pledge.
- A public inauguration Thursday on the City Hall steps will draw supporters in the streets and feature Vermont senator Bernie Sanders swearing in Mamdani.
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Zohran Mamdani evokes Rafael Guastavino Moreno during his inauguration in the city of skyscrapers
“The Warmth of Collectivism” Comes to City Hall
“Today begins a new era,” declared Zohran Mamdani upon his swearing in yesterday as New York City’s 112th mayor. “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.” Inaugural ceremonies aren’t usually a forum for deep deliberation and rational […]
Mayor Mamdani pledges to govern NYC ‘expansively and audaciously’ in inaugural speech
Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city’s striving, struggling working class.Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath as the city’s first Muslim mayor.After working part of the night in his n…
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