Zohran Mamdani assumed office as mayor of New York City on Thursday (January 1), pledging to wield government power boldly to ease the cost-of-living crisis facing millions of working-class residents. A Democrat and democratic socialist, Mamdani took office just after midnight at a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall, placing his hand on a Quran…
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the city’s 112th mayor early Thursday in New York City. This ceremony took place underground, in which Mamdani took oath by placing his hands on two Qurans. Mamdani, associated with the Democratic Socialist ideology, had contested the elections in New York, one of America’s most expensive cities, with big…
Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. When the 34-year-old Democrat becomes mayor in a long-closed subway station beneath…
