The newly elected mayor of New York, socialist Zohran Mamdani, will be sworn into office on January 1st with a celebration at City Hall and its surroundings, according to his transition team. Mamdani will take the oath on the steps of City Hall in an event that will be streamed online. The subsequent 'Block Party' will extend from Liberty Street to Murray Street in Lower Manhattan, and the public who wish to attend must register through Mamdani's team website. 'This inauguration is a celebration of the movement we built, the mandate we won, and the city we are ready to lead,' writes Mamdani, 34, in a statement cited by the local press. In the note, he assures that New York workers are 'at the center' of his agenda and invites them to participate in the event, which will feature musical performances, 'to welcome this new political era at City Hall'. Mamdani, born in Uganda, a Democrat and Muslim, will become the youngest mayor of New York since 1892 when he takes office, after winning the election last November against independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
