{"id":85713,"date":"2025-12-31T17:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/85713\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:50:15","slug":"zohran-mamdani-to-start-as-nyc-mayor-with-a-midnight-subway-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/85713\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani to start as NYC mayor with a midnight subway oath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zohran Mamdani<\/a> will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 \u2014 but the celebrations are set to last through New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

The Democrat\u2019s team is planning two separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday \u2014 a small, private one with his family in an old subway station around midnight, followed by a large event in the afternoon that will include a public block party outside City Hall. <\/p>\n

As a new mayor\u2019s<\/a> term begins immediately with the new year, it has been customary for the city\u2019s incoming leaders to hold two events. Departing Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> held his initial swearing-in at Times Square<\/a> shortly after the famous ball drop, while Adams\u2019 predecessor Bill de Blasio took his first oath<\/a> at home in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

For his part, Mamdani<\/a> will take his initial oath at the former City Hall subway station in Manhattan \u2014 one of the city\u2019s original stops on its subterranean transit system, known for its tiled arches and vaulted ceilings.<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a political ally and notable foe of President Donald Trump, will administer the oath of office.<\/p>\n

The old City Hall stop was designed as the flagship station of the city\u2019s first subway line, but was decommissioned in 1945. These days, outside of occasional guided historical tours, locals can usually only catch a glimpse of it by staying on the 6 train after its last stop downtown when it turns around to head north. <\/p>\n

In a statement, Mamdani\u2019s office said the choice to be sworn in at the station reflected his \u201ccommitment to the working people who keep our city running every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 \u2014 one of New York\u2019s 28 original subway stations \u2014 it was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples\u2019 lives,\u201d Mamdani said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat ambition need not be a memory confined only to our past, nor must it be isolated only to the tunnels beneath City Hall: it will be the purpose of the administration fortunate enough to serve New Yorkers from the building above,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, Mamdani will be sworn in again, this time by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of his political heroes<\/a>, on the steps of City Hall in a ceremony. It\u2019s scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. with opening remarks from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, another political ally and a fellow New Yorker. <\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s transition formed an inaugural committee that includes actor John Turturro, playwright Cole Escola and writer Colson Whitehead, as well as advocates, small business owners and campaign workers who the incoming mayor\u2019s office says have \u201cprovided perspective, guidance, and cultural sensibility\u201d for the ceremony. <\/p>\n

The public swearing-in will be accompanied by a block party along a stretch of Broadway leading up to City Hall. Mamdani\u2019s office expects thousands of people to attend and says there will be performances, music and interfaith elements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 \u2014 but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[878,2847,5057,9894,153,81,417,41552,398,23035,9,24,55,54,56,87,423,421,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-85713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","9":"tag-ap-top-news","10":"tag-bernie-sanders","11":"tag-bill-de-blasio","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-eric-adams","14":"tag-general-news","15":"tag-john-turturro","16":"tag-letitia-james","17":"tag-local-news-for-apple","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","21":"tag-new-york-city-news","22":"tag-ny","23":"tag-politics","24":"tag-u-s-democratic-party","25":"tag-u-s-news","26":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}