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new york city elected mayor Zoran Mamdani Will be sworn in on December 12, 2019, in an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall. Lunar New Year’s eve A tribute to the “lifeblood” of New York.
A private ceremony will be held just before midnight Thursday at Old City Hall Station, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath of office to the Democratic Socialists.
“The New York City subway system is the lifeblood of New York — a reminder of what Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is fighting for: a city built by New Yorkers, for New Yorkers,” a press release about the ceremony reads.
Mamdani further explained the meaning behind the location of his private ceremony in a public statement.
“When Old City Hall Station (one of New York’s original 28 subway stations) first opened in 1904, it was a physical monument to a city that dared to pursue beauty and built great things that transformed the lives of working people.
“This ambition does not have to be a memory limited to our past, or to the tunnels beneath City Hall: it will be the purpose of a government that has the privilege of serving New Yorkers from the buildings above,” Mamdani said.
After the ceremony, the senator will be publicly sworn in Bernie Sandersindependent of Vermontlate Thursday on the steps of City Hall. Normally, only 4,000 ticketed guests are allowed to attend the ceremony, but in addition to those guests, Mamdani is inviting all New Yorkers to celebrate with a block party on Broadway.
James and Sanders have become allies of Mamdani, supporting him during his run as the Democratic candidate against the former New York governor’s mayoral bid Andrew Cuomorunning as an independent Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
Mamdani Win the November 4th election About 50% of the vote. Cuomo received about 41% of the vote and Sliva about 7%.
After months of attacks Mamdani As a “communist,” the president Donald Trump In November, he said he would make “a truly great mayor” for his home city after a difficult period. White House closed door meeting.
As he sat behind his desk in the Oval Office and Mamdani stood next to him, a half-hour love-fest unfolded between the two. Trump tells reporters he congratulates hometown’s next CEO And promised to help him lower prices for New Yorkers.
“I think, hopefully, you’re going to have a really great mayor — and the better he does, the happier I am,” Trump said.
Mamdani, for his part, described the meeting as “productive” that “focused on a place he and Trump share a mutual admiration and love for” — New York City — and “the need to provide affordability to New Yorkers, the eight and a half million people who call our city home and who are struggling to afford to live in the most expensive city in America.”
Before Mamdani was sworn in, James wrote On