New York, 1/1: Zohran Mamdani, the left-leaning populist who deployed a mix of charm, social media savvy and an unyielding focus on affordability to catapult him to political stardom, was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City early Thursday.
The ceremony, held underground at an abandoned showpiece of a subway station by City Hall, caps Mamdani’s yearlong rise from obscure state lawmaker to international figure carrying the hopes of New Yorkers and Americans across the country.
