Mamdani takes the oath of office
Exactly 120 seconds after outgoing Mayor Eric Adams pressed a button in Times Square to lower the crystal ball heralding 2026, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani officially became Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani took the oath of office after midnight in a semiprivate ceremony in the old subway station beneath City Hall (administered by the state attorney general, Letitia James).
He became the mayor at 12:01 a.m., completing an improbable journey from serving as a little-known state assemblyman to being an underdog candidate in the Democratic mayoral primary and then, finally, reaching the top office in New York City.
He'll take the same oath in a public ceremony at City Hall Plaza at 1 p.m.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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