Key Takeaways
- Zohran Mamdani is not the New York’s first Muslim mayor
- Oath administered on a Quran at historic City Hall subway station
- Public inauguration with Senator Bernie Sanders to follow
NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani officially became the mayor of New York City shortly after midnight Thursday in a historic ceremony that saw him take the oath of office with his hand on a Quran.
Sworn in at the city’s decommissioned City Hall subway station, Mamdani is the first Muslim, first person of South Asian descent, and the first African-born individual to lead America’s largest city.
“This is truly the honour and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani stated following the oath, which was administered by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
A larger public inauguration is scheduled for 1 PM at City Hall, where U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, a political hero of Mamdani’s, will administer a second oath.
At 34, Mamdani is the city’s youngest mayor in generations. A former community organizer and New York State Assemblyman representing Queens, he won the Democratic mayoral nomination in June 2025 and secured the general election in November.
Oath on a 200-Year-Old Quran
NYC Mayor Eric Adams swore in using his grandfather’s Quran and a 200-year-old NYPL Quran at a private ceremony in a disused Times Square subway station.
Zohran Mamdani used his grandfather’s and grandmother’s Qurans for a daytime swearing-in ceremony at New York City Hall on Friday.
Historic Quran used was from Arturo Schomburg, Black historian who sold his 4,000-book collection to NYPL in 1926.
His administration now faces the immense task of governing a city of over 8 million people, making him one of the most closely watched politicians in the United States.
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