Zohran Mamdani made history on Thursday as New York City’s first South Asian and Muslim mayor, taking the oath during a private midnight ceremony at the historic Old City Hall subway station.As the 34-year-old became the city’s second-youngest mayor, swore in on a Quran from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center collection—his inauguration quickly…
Zohran Mamdani, who took the oath as the Mayor of New York on Wednesday, thanked his family from “Kampala to Dilli” after his inauguration.Mamdani was born in Kampala to a Ugandan father, Mahmood Mamdani, and Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. He moved to US at the age of seven and became a naturalised US citizen in…
New York welcomed a new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and his partner, Rama Duwaji, with a stylish inauguration. Mamdani wore a velvet suit with a unique Indian-designed tie. Duwaji showcased contemporary fashion with vintage pieces. Their public inauguration featured elegant, tailored outfits. The couple’s fashion choices conveyed confidence and purpose, making a quiet yet powerful statement…
Umar Khalid (L), Zohran Mamdani (R) NEW DELHI: Student activist Umar Khalid, who has been in jail for nearly five years in connection with the Feb 2020 Delhi riots, has received a show of solidarity from New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, who wrote to him, saying, “we are all thinking of you”.The note, undated,…
TOI correspondent from Washington: At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day 2026, New York turned a page in its long, turbulent chronicle. In a decommissioned subway station beneath the city it once ferried to power and possibility, Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office on the Quran, becoming the 112th mayor of the…
Zohran Mamdani taking oath Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani made history on Thursday as the New York City’s first South Asian and Muslim mayor after being sworn in during a private midnight ceremony in an old subway station on a Quran. 34- year old Mamdani becoming the second-youngest mayor in NYC history.The intimate swearing-in ceremony took place…
Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani was sworn in early Thursday as New York City’s mayor, beginning a four-year term. The 34-year-old Democrat took the oath of office just after midnight at the long-abandoned City Hall subway station beneath City Hall, assuming charge of the United States’ largest city. Mamdani made history as New York’s first Muslim mayor,…
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day, Zohran Mamdani will officially assume office as the mayor of New York City, marking the start of his term with two separate swearing-in ceremonies.The Democrat’s team has planned a private oath-taking with family at midnight, followed by a public ceremony in the afternoon outside City Hall….
Zohran Mamdani will take the oath as the mayor of New York City when the clock strikes 12 and the countdown to 2026 ends. It will be a private event at the abandoned Old City Hall subway station and New York Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath of office to Mamdani. After the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a warning on social media, suggesting that the move by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to appoint Lillian Bonsignore as the next Commissioner of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), compromise public safety and “will” lead to deaths. The controversy centres around the professional background of Bonsignore….