Summary
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as the new mayor of New York City at an unused City Hall subway station. The oath will be taken at midnight on New Year's Eve, and Mamdani will follow it with a public block party on January 1. His wife, Rama Duwaji, is set to become the city's first Muslim First Lady.
Key Facts
- Zohran Mamdani will be New York City's new mayor.
- Mamdani's swearing-in will happen at midnight in an unused subway station.
- The subway station has been closed since 1945.
- Mamdani will be the first NYC mayor sworn in on the Quran.
- Senator Bernie Sanders will administer one of the oaths.
- A public inauguration celebration is scheduled for January 1 at City Hall.
- Rama Duwaji is Mamdani's wife and will be New York City's first Muslim First Lady.
