New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in, not inside City Hall on New Year's Day, but dozens of feet below it.
The incoming Democratic mayor will be sworn in at the Old City Hall subway station during a private midnight ceremony, according to a Dec. 29 news release. New York Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath of office, and the underground ceremony will be attended by Mamdani's family.
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The subway station is a historic landmark in the city and a symbol of its extensive public transport system. It was the launch point of New York City's first subway ride in 1904. Although it was decommissioned in 1945, the station has been maintained and is open to tours via the New York Transit Museum.
In a statement, Mamdani said the station is a "physical monument" to the city and called its subway system a lifeblood of New York.
