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A few minutes after the ball dropped in Times Square, signaling the beginning of 2026, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City in an abandoned subway station near City Hall. For the intimate ceremony, which included a smattering of reporters and his close family…

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Jan. 1, 2026, 12:03 AM EST / Updated Jan. 1, 2026, 3:49 PM EST Zohran Mamdani vowed Thursday to boldly pursue a transformative progressive agenda after being sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City. “I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” the…

New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices. As first reported by Adafruit, the ban list appears in the inauguration event's official FAQ, which lists items that may or may not…

New York City is set to assume control of Maimonides Hospital, a financially struggling healthcare system based in Brooklyn, as announced by Mayor Eric Adams and hospital representatives on Monday. This integration with the city’s public hospital network, Health+Hospitals, has received the endorsement of Governor Kathy Hochul. The governor has…

Zohran Mamdani will be officially sworn in as the 112th major of New York City on Jan. 1 some feet below City Hall at an abandoned Gilded Age subway station during a private midnight ceremony. “When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 — one of New York’s 28…

If one elected official had a breakout year in 2025, it’s New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The 34-year-old former state assembly member came out of nowhere to win a Democratic primary that included established names such as incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Then, Mamdani won…

Dec. 28, 2025, 3:00 PM EST Listen to this article with a free account Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s next mayor has become something larger than a historic first for many Muslim New Yorkers — it marks a rare moment of visibility and unity across the city’s Muslim…

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Article content NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in…