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Democracy Now • Jan 2, 2026

Zohran Mamdani Supporters Celebrate "Politics of Optimism" at His Inauguration

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers braved freezing temperatures and police barricades to be part of Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor on New Year’s Day. Democracy Now! spoke with many Mamdani supporters, including a high school student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, about what the day represented to them, their hopes for the new administration and how it could set a model for progressives across the country. “Organized people will always be more powerful than organized money,” said Diana Moreno, a fellow democratic socialist who is running for Mamdani’s vacant seat in the New York State Assembly.

Scheer Post • Jan 2, 2026

Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd

“For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it,” said the new mayor. “Our City Hall will change that."

Democracy Now • Jan 2, 2026

Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit

New York City started 2026 with a new mayor, as democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history when he was sworn in as the city’s first Muslim, first South Asian and first African-born leader, as well as the youngest in over a century. Ahead of a public ceremony on New Year’s Day that drew tens of thousands of people in the freezing cold, Mamdani was privately sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Tish James in a small ceremony held at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall. He took his oath using two Qur’ans, including one that belonged to his grandfather. Andrew Epstein, one of Mamdani’s closest advisers, spoke with Democracy Now! about the significance of the private ceremony and how it connected the new mayor to the history of the city he now leads.