Mamdani was sworn into office by Letitia James shortly after midnight in the abandoned city hall subway station
Here are some photos coming out of New York City as we wait for Mamdani’s inauguration block party to get under way.
Happy new year! In the wee hours of 2026, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City in a private ceremony in the abandoned beaux-arts subway station under city hall.
The democratic socialist, 34, was sworn into office by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, surrounded by wife, Rama Duwaji, members of his immediate family, including Mira Nair, his mother and a film-maker, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani, a professor of African studies at Columbia University.
And Mamdani, who becomes the city’s first ever Muslim mayor, was sworn in with a Qur’an. He told those present:
