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Thursday, January 1, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Anti-Zionist Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James (left) administers the oath of office to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (center) as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on, January 1, 2026, in New York City. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, is sworn in just after midnight to take over as New York mayor for a four-year term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump.
The 34-year-old Democrat, an avowed anti-Zionist, took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop under City Hall just after midnight to take the helm of the United States’ largest city. He will be New York’s first Muslim mayor.
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