Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City’s mayor

(The Center Square) – Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani took the reins of the nation’s most populous city in a midnight ceremony Thursday.

Mamdani was sworn into office by New York Attorney General Letitia James in a private ceremony at an abandoned subway station.

New Years Day will feature a second, public swearing-in and a block party outside New York City’s City Hall.

“This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani said. “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.”

Mamdani shocked the nation’s political Democrat establishment by winning the Nov. 5 election in a three-way race. That race included former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, and, briefly, the city’s outgoing mayor, Eric Adams.

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