The 34-year-old politician of Indian descent, Zohran Mamdani, has become the largest US city’s first Muslim leader
A democratic socialist and previously little-known state lawmaker, Zohran Mamdani, has been sworn in as New York City’s 110th mayor, the first Muslim and African-born person of Indian descent to hold the position.
The 34‑year‑old politician took his midnight oath on a centuries-old Quran in a long‑closed subway station beneath City Hall on Thursday. At a public inauguration speech outside City Hall later in the day, Mamdani leaned heavily into his democratic socialist ideology, vowing to “govern expansively and audaciously.”
“My…
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