Zohran Mamdani has pledged to “reinvent” New York during his first speech as mayor, where he has vowed to govern “expansively and audaciously” during his swearing-in ceremony.
After working part of the night in his new office, the new mayor returned to City Hall in a taxi cab around midday local time for a grander public appearance, where US Senator Bernie Sanders – one of Mamdani’s self-declared political heroes – administered the oath for a second time.