US EditionZohran Mamdani has bold promises. Can he make them come true as New York City mayor?
Zohran Mamdani, New York City's first Muslim mayor and youngest since 1892, was sworn in with a private midnight oath and a public ceremony attended by 4,000 guests.
- Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City's youngest mayor at 34 years old on January 1, with a celebratory block party planned.
- Mamdani won the ranked-choice Democratic primary, leading former Governor Andrew Cuomo to run as an independent.
- The inauguration ceremony will start at 1 p.m. ET, with festivities planned for around 40,000 attendees.
- The inaugural block party is free, requires an online RSVP, and will affect subway services in the area.
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More than 60,000 New Yorkers who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 chose progressive socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral election. Yet, on the political spectrum, the two seem far apart: how is it possible that 1 in 10 Trump voters made such a shift? "People aren't computers, so when they vote, their choice is rarely purely rational."
Zohran Mamdani, leftist opponent of Trump, sworn in as New York’s first Muslim mayor
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in early on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a four-year term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump. The 34-year-old Democrat took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop under City Hall just after midnight to take the helm of the United States’ largest city. He will be New York’s first Muslim mayor. His office said the understated venue beneath C…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = The first Muslim mayor of New York City, the largest city in the U.S. (population of approximately 8.5 million) and the heart of global capitalism, and a self-proclaimed "democratic society...
‘Inauguration of new era’: Why Mamdani is taking oath at midnight in an abandoned NYC subway station
Speaking about his location choice, he said, “It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives".
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