Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City Good night everyone and a happy new year to you all. And I can think of no better way to be among family and friends in 2026 than to inaugurate the man who will bring a new era of growth, promise, and prosperity to New York City. Zoran, I am so proud of what you have done and I am filled with joy
for what we will do for our beloved city in the years to come. And with that, let's begin. Please repeat after me. Raise your right hand.
I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Mayor of the City of New York,
to the best of my ability, to the best of my ability. So help me,
so help me God, so help me. Congratulations, Mr. Mayor. Mayor, congratulations, thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here. Okay. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Please. Excuse me. Yes. Thank you, sir. And can I ask you for the final $9 now? You can ask me for the $9. Let's go. That should be exact change.
Very good, Mr. Mayor. Thank you very much and lastly, will you sign the book? Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. Naj. Thank you, Mayor. Okay. So, you're going to sign the first line here.
I'm going to put today's date, your signature. Okay. Print or sign. Can you do both? Okay. Thank you City Hall. Okay, okay, did I leave it for you?
You leave it for me. Okay, okay. Now it's official. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations. Thank you very much. It's an honor. Thank you.
My friend. Thank you very much for being here. Happy New Year to all the New Yorkers in and above this tunnel. This is truly the honor and privilege of a lifetime.
And after being sworn in as mayor of New York City, I do so here at the old City Hall subway station, a testament to the importance of public transportation, to the life, to the health, and to the legacy of our city.
And I can think of no better moment to announce our new Department of Transportation Commissioner. So I would like to ask Mike Flynn, will you please join me?
I am. It is an honor to have Mike with me as we begin to take this responsibility and this opportunity seriously and to give us the opportunity to make this roadway renovation
and public transportation a home in the world of the city. And that will require someone who is experienced, who is fluent in the landscape,
and who is ambitious and imaginative towards the landscape as it can be. And I can't think of a better man than the man I have here. And I'm so proud to be joining our administration as the next head of our DOT. Please, thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations. Oh, it's especially meaningful to be here tonight at this incredible station.
I can't help but think back to my childhood, endlessly fascinated by the city's subways, bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure. But that's just one of the many reasons
that I'm so excited to be joining Mayor Mandani and a team that fundamentally understands the role that transportation plays in the daily lives of New Yorkers.
And I know firsthand that the New York City DOT has some of the most passionate, talented, and committed public servants in the country, if not the world. And they're ready to think big and deliver on their ambitious agenda.
So, I am grateful, Mr. Mayor, for entrusting me with this important role, which I consider the job of a lifetime. And I am ready.
I am excited to get out there running and deliver real results for New Yorkers. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations.
Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In As Mayor
New York City’s first Muslim mayor will be sworn in at midnight. The 4-year Queens assemblyman has seen the rise of climate change and politics.
Dani is in New York for the first time in 2020 with Scripps News national correspondent Alex Miller for the latest on this story. And, Alex, this is a big moment that has supported his campaign.
How are we supposed to get all of this out in the open? The first, as you mentioned, is going to be at the stroke of midnight. It’s going to be in the dilapidated subway system under City Hall.
And the Attorney General, Letitia James, who has been his biggest advocate, will be swearing him in at the stroke of midnight. The choice was made as part of the umum,
Dennis' vision for the future of what he hopes will be a transformation of New York City transportation and housing,
things of that nature and on New Year's Day,
he's going to have another swearing-in ceremony where he's going to introduce Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first. And then he's going to be sworn in.
He's at City Hall with Senator Bernie Sanders. Letitia James Senator Bernie Sanders, that they're both people. That Mamdani has said he's looked at in his political career. There will be 4,000 ticketed guests at City Hall.
But there's also going to be a block party near Donny that he wants to include the public there and the people who have supported his campaign and one big question was Mark,
Tell me about whether current Mayor Eric Adams is going to attend the inauguration. He's been pretty quiet about it for the past few weeks, but it seems
that he'll be there. I like to see a good transition team with tens of thousands of applications for people who want to work for him for positions and the administration.
What do we know about the people who will lead him on the administration? Yes, there was a huge rush of applications even after Election Day and they want almost a few people.
He's basically put in place some people who have been around for a long time who have a lot of political experience while also bringing me or his progressive values.
New York magazine actually has a cover that kind of shows what Hatem is going to look like to get a better idea of what he's going to be like. Some progressives are upset about it because they say.
There are more moderates and people who don't live up to their values that are shown on your screen in this magazine. But some of these people have a lot of experience.
And I'm Dani, you know, he's a relative newcomer who's only been in office since 2020 that he wanted
To mix up some of the personalities, the old one, the first deputy mayor, who's basically second in command. He's 74 years old.
Your screen is right there. He held the same job with Mayor Bill de Blasio. Jessica Tisch, the NYPD commissioner. There were a lot of questions about whether she was going to live together.
She's finally living. There's no doubt that there's really been a feud between mom, Donnie, and the city's mayor, Eric Adams. But he kept his housing department head.
Obviously, that's a big deal. When we talk about the rent freeze in New York City, they decided to keep the executive director of housing.
He's also been appointed the first openly gay fire commissioner. And she is the second woman to hold this position and then the chief lawyer will be Khalil Lawyer, fortunately for me,
Obviously the Columbian student who was detained after the pro-Palestinian protests over the past year or so, obviously, this has not been without controversy,
When you look at how many people have come to this, the speakers and said that they believe that about 20 percent of them are affiliated with anti-Israel groups and have expressed anti-Israel sentiments,
Which is certainly not surprising given Dennis's views, but we already had the resignation of one of his appointees, who said that he had resigned from some Jews and other officials
after which he had received money. Which does not necessarily mean that they did not resign or that there was no push for them to resign. Criticized the war.
They justified the October 7 attack and some of them have something to do with Islam. And Lewis Farrakhan. So there are still more vacancies to fill within this administration.
According to the transition team, they have received 74,000 Delsam applications. It is hard to believe that there is any political controversy in New.
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