Zohran Mamdani vows to govern New York ‘expansively and audaciously’ after being sworn in by Bernie Sanders –as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Zohran Mamdani promises ‘new era’ for New York City in first speech as mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji appearing on stage for his inauguration ceremony earlier. New York is a place that “a young immigrant democrat socialist Muslim can be bold enough to run and brave enough to win,” he says, “not by abandoning conviction, but by standing firmly within it.” Continue reading...
Mamdani was sworn into office by Letitia James shortly after midnight in the abandoned city hall subway station
Happy new year! In the wee hours of 2026, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City in a private ceremony in the abandoned beaux-arts subway station under city hall.
The democratic socialist, 34, was sworn into office by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, surrounded by wife, Rama Duwaji, members of his immediate family, including Mira Nair, his mother and a film-maker, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani, a professor of African studies at Columbia University.
This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime. I cannot wait to see everyone tomorrow as we begin our term. After just having taken my oath to become the mayor of the city of New York, I do so also here in the old city hall subway station – a testament to the importance of public transit to the vitality, the health, the legacy of our city.
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