Zohran Mamdani to be sworn in as NYC mayor by Bernie Sanders at ceremony

New York’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take the oath of workplace to turn into the subsequent mayor of the nation’s largest metropolis after being sworn in early Thursday morning and taking the oath of workplace Thursday afternoon.

New York Lawyer Basic Letitia James administered the oath of workplace to Mamdani at midnight, whereas Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will swear him in once more throughout a public inauguration at 1 p.m. on New Yr’s Day. In keeping with his marketing campaign, Mamdani used a Quran throughout his swearing-in ceremony, making him New York’s first Muslim mayor and the primary to be sworn in utilizing a Quran.

“At a second when democracy is below assault and cynicism about our politics runs deep, Zohran Mamdani represents a brand new era of progressive management, rooted in braveness, integrity and solidarity,” Sanders mentioned in a press release.

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Zohran Mamdani can be sworn in as mayor of New York Metropolis on New Yr’s Day. (Getty)

Along with Sanders and James, progressive Democratic congresswoman and constant Mamdani supporter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will ship the opening speech at Mamdani’s inauguration.

The 1 p.m. inauguration can be open to “all New Yorkers,” the Mamdani transition crew mentioned in a information launch, including {that a} “main inaugural block celebration” will happen afterward.

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Democratic New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks throughout his election evening watch celebration on the Brooklyn Paramount Theater on November 4, 2025 within the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Photographs)

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The block celebration takes place on Broadway alongside the Canyon of Heroes.

New Yorkers elected Mamdani, 34, as chief of the nation’s largest metropolis in November, after a marketing campaign through which he made affordability a cornerstone of his agenda and efficiently fought again critics who raised issues about his anti-Israel statements and associations and socialist insurance policies, together with lease freezes, city-run supermarkets and former feedback about defunding the police and abolishing non-public property.

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Then-candidate Zohran Mamdani, middle, celebrates with Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, proper, throughout an election rally at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on Oct. 26. (Andres Kudacki/Getty Photographs)

“For so long as we will keep in mind, the working folks of New York have been advised by the rich and the well-connected that energy doesn’t belong of their fingers,” Mamdani mentioned in his victory speech final month after defeating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. “Fingers bruised from lifting bins onto the warehouse flooring, calloused palms from the handlebars of the supply bike, knuckles scarred from kitchen burns: these will not be fingers that ought to maintain energy. And but over the previous twelve months you might have dared to succeed in for one thing larger.”

“Tonight, towards all odds, we grabbed it. The longer term is in our fingers. My pals, we’ve overthrown a political dynasty.”