Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor

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Mamdani, the US city’s archetypal Muslim mayor, is besides the youngest idiosyncratic to beryllium inaugurated successful generations.

Zohran Mamdani has been sworn successful arsenic politician of New York City, becoming the archetypal Muslim and the youngest idiosyncratic successful generations to instrumentality the oath of bureau successful the United States’ biggest city.

Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn successful astatine a historic, decommissioned subway presumption successful Manhattan conscionable aft midnight connected Thursday, placing his manus connected a Quran arsenic helium took his oath.

“This is genuinely the honour and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani said.

The ceremony, administered by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a governmental ally, took spot astatine the aged City Hall station, 1 of the city’s archetypal subway stops that is known for its stunning arched ceilings.

He volition beryllium sworn successful again, successful grander style, successful a nationalist ceremonial astatine City Hall astatine 1pm (18:00GMT) by US Senator Bernie Sanders, 1 of the mayor’s governmental heroes. That volition beryllium followed by what the caller medication is billing arsenic a nationalist artifact enactment connected a agelong of Broadway known arsenic the “Canyon of Heroes,” celebrated for its ticker-tape parades.

Mamdani present begins 1 of the astir unrelenting jobs successful US authorities arsenic 1 of the country’s most-watched politicians.

In summation to being the city’s archetypal Muslim mayor, Mamdani is besides its archetypal of South Asian descent and the archetypal to beryllium calved successful Africa. At 34, Mamdani is besides the city’s youngest politician successful generations.

In a run that helped marque “affordability” a buzzword crossed the governmental spectrum, the antiauthoritarian socialist promised to bring transformative alteration with policies intended to little the outgo of surviving successful 1 of the world’s astir costly cities.

His level included escaped kid care, escaped buses, a rent frost for astir 1 cardinal households, and a aviator of city-run market stores.

But helium volition besides person to look different responsibilities: handling trash and snowfall and rats, portion getting blamed for subway delays and potholes.

Mamdani was calved successful Kampala, Uganda, the lad of filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, an world and author. His household moved to New York City erstwhile helium was 7, with Mamdani increasing up successful a post-9/11 metropolis wherever Muslims didn’t ever consciousness welcome. He became an American national successful 2018.

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