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The Democrat Zohran Mamdani has sworn as mayor of New York just after midnight in a brief private ceremony with his family, in which he assured that serving as alderman is the “honor and privilege” of his life.
The politician from the socialist wing was inaugurated by state prosecutor Letitia James, whom she considered one of her inspirations, in a historic metro station, of Spanish design and closed to the public called Old City Halland which is located below the Mayor’s Office.
Mamdani, already the 112th mayor of New York, is at 34 years old the second youngest councilor in the city, the first of South Asian descent and also the first Muslim, so has taken the oath with the Koranwhich was held by his wife, Rama Duwaji.
Progressive Zohran Mamdani takes over as mayor of New York.
The choice of location was intended to be “a testament on the importance of public transportationthe vitality, health and legacy of our city,” said the mayor, who signed documents and paid a fee of nine dollars to the secretary of the mayor’s office on the spot.
Prosecutor James, before guiding him in the oath, praised the mayor, declaring herself “proud of what he has achieved” and confident that he will bring “a new era of progress, promises and prosperity” to the great city.
The event, which lasted less than five minutes, was broadcast on the mayor’s office’s YouTube channel and appeared to end before Mamdani completed his speech. Only some local media were accredited.
According to the digital medium America, The mayor has announced the appointment of the head of the Department of Transportation, who will be Mike Flynn, a former employee of that agenda specialized in pedestrian and bicycle programs.
Mamdani will be sworn in again today on the steps of City Hall at 1:00 p.m. local time, in an event in which he will be inaugurated by leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, and which will be followed by a community party open to the public in the streets of southern Manhattan.
Present at the event, which will be broadcast online, will be Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and Comptroller-elect Mark Levine, among other political figures.
Mamdani’s challenges
Mamdani arrives with an ambitious social program under his arm and the hope of change despite his limited experience and after a period marked by the high cost of living and corruption scandals of the previous city administration.
Mamdani will have to turn his campaign promises into concrete policies while the eyes of the world – and in particular those of the president of the United States, Donald Trump – will closely follow each of his decisions.
The new New York mayor must take action and, aware that it will not be easy, he has created committees and held meetings with experienced people from various sectors, outside the circle that helped him win, to guide him in the task.
The young politician, a member of the Democratic Socialist Party of America and who Trump called him a “communist”“, comes to the mayor’s office after four years as a state assemblyman and working to help people with problems accessing housing.
The main promises that gave him victory are based on the social justiceincluding free and more efficient buses in a city with high fare evasion, which will cost $3 starting January 1.
Mamdani, a Ugandan by birth, also promised universal child care, low-price municipal supermarkets and a rent freeze in rent-protected apartments, a decision made by a board appointed by the councilor.