NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is inaugurated, gives first address to New Yorkers

New York Metropolis mayors have a historical past of placing their very own spin on Inauguration Day. 

4 years in the past, Eric Adams held up an image of his late mom in Occasions Sq. and was sworn in just after the ball dropped, as the town was nonetheless coping with the COVID pandemic. 

In 1990, a file 12,000 folks attended the swearing in of David Dinkins, the town’s first Black mayor. 4 years later, Rudy Giuliani had his son, Andrew, assist together with his speech on the steps of Metropolis Corridor. 

Ed Koch rode an M6 bus to his personal ceremony in 1978, and Ethel Merman sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at John Lindsay’s inauguration again in 1966.

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The gang inside Metropolis Corridor Park is filling in. Some 4,000 ticketed company had been invited, however hundreds extra are capable of watch from the block get together simply outdoors the grounds. 

Previous to the inauguration, Mamdani’s transition crew launched an inventory of individuals chosen to his Inaugural Committee, described as “a various group of New Yorkers whose creativity, management, and lived expertise mirror the total lifetime of the town.”

The 48-member committee consists of outstanding names like John Turturro, Cynthia Nixon, Kal Penn, The Child Mero, and Katia Reguero Lindor, the spouse of New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor.

Click here to see the full list of Mamdani’s Inaugural Committee members.

Mamdani and his spouse, Rama Duwaji, arrived for the inauguration moments in the past in a yellow cab. The mayor thanked the motive force earlier than the couple began strolling towards Metropolis Corridor.

There was hypothesis about whether or not Mamdani would reside in Gracie Mansion after he advised reporters he was undecided about his future residence.

Mamdani finally confirmed he and his spouse would go away their condominium in Astoria and transfer into the official residence of New York Metropolis’s mayor. 

“This resolution got here all the way down to our household’s security and the significance of dedicating all of my give attention to enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for,” Mamdani mentioned in a statement on Dec. 8. 

Gracie Mansion was inbuilt 1799 and has housed the town’s mayors because the Forties. It is positioned on East Finish Avenue and 88th Road in Manhattan’s Yorkville neighborhood, overlooking the East River. 

Some 4,000 ticketed company will attend the Metropolis Corridor inauguration ceremonies. Hundreds extra will be capable of take within the festivities on the block get together. 

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Inauguration ceremony: Begins at 1 p.m. on the steps of New York Metropolis Corridor.

This is a rundown of the ceremony:

• Presentation of colours and nationwide anthem carried out by Javier Muñoz
• Welcoming deal with by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Invocation by Imam Khalid Latif
• Musical efficiency by Mandy Patinkin and the P.S. 22 Refrain of Staten Island
• Comptroller Mark Levine is sworn in
• Poetry studying by Cornelius Eady
• Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is sworn in
• Musical efficiency by Lucy Dacus
• Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sworn in by Sen. Bernie Sanders and delivers his inaugural deal with
• Musical efficiency by Babbulicious

Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York Metropolis in a private midnight ceremony that was layered in symbolism. 

Mamdani took his oath on a Quran somewhat than a Bible at the Old City Hall subway station, setting the tone for a historic new chapter in New York Metropolis management.

“That is actually the distinction and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani mentioned as he formally turned the 112th mayor. 

Mamdani mentioned he selected to be sworn in on the historic Quran to honor the deep roots of Muslim communities within the metropolis. 

The oath was administered by New York Attorney General Letitia James on the long-closed Outdated Metropolis Corridor station, certainly one of New York’s unique 28 subway stops, a relic of the town’s earliest ambitions for public transit.

“A testomony to the significance of public transit, to the vitality, the well being, and the legacy of our metropolis,” Mamdani mentioned.

Utilizing the second to underscore his transportation agenda, he additionally introduced Michael Flynn as his Division of Transportation commissioner.

“Somebody who’s skilled, who’s fluent within the panorama as it’s, and who’s formidable and imaginative in direction of the panorama because it could possibly be. And I can consider no higher particular person than the person alongside me,” Mamdani mentioned.

This is an inventory of key officers Mamdani has appointed to assist run New York Metropolis:

Mamdani introduced the “Inauguration of a New Era” block party within the Canyon of Heroes, the stretch of Broadway in Decrease Manhattan that is well-known for ticker-tape parades. 

Mamdani’s crew anticipates tens of hundreds of individuals will be capable of attend the festivities on Broadway, from Liberty Road to Murray Road. 

The block get together is accompanying the inauguration ceremony, with music, performances and interfaith components, in accordance with the mayor’s crew.

Mamdani mentioned safety will probably be tight at Metropolis Corridor Plaza and alongside the block get together route all through the inauguration.  

Zohran Mamdani gained the 2025 New York Metropolis mayor’s race with just over 50% of the vote within the November common election. He defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who gained about 41% of the vote as an impartial — and Republican Curtis Sliwa. 

Mamdani’s marketing campaign centered round the cost of living energized a coalition of younger and progressive voters, even with some critics questioning his expertise and elevating issues about his views on Israel, which Cuomo’s marketing campaign zeroed in on.

Mamdani’s affordability agenda, together with a hire freeze and common youngster care, first propelled him to victory in the Democratic primary, when he soundly defeated Cuomo for the get together’s nomination.