NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 01: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall by Thursday January 1, 2026 in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a “block party” to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part. Mamdani was officially sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Letitia James at the Old City Hall subway station in a private ceremony. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor November 4, 2025 broadcasters projected, on a day of key local ballots across the country offering the first electoral judgement of Donald Trump’s tumultuous second White House term. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)