Shortly after midnight local time, in a historic former subway station beneath City Hall, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York, becoming the first Muslim, South Asian, and African-born person to lead the city. “This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani said at the ceremony, where he was sworn in using his grandfather’s Quran and a historic Quran from the New York Public Library. Mamdani said the choice of location was a “testament to the importance of public transit to the vitality, the health and the legacy of our city.” “I can’t...
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