New York City

On his first day in office on Thursday, 1 January 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked several executive orders issued by his predecessor, Eric Adams, including the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, and the city’s opposition to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions…

Image Credit: NYC Mayor's Office/Flickr New York City started 2026 with a new mayor, as democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history when he was sworn in as the city’s first Muslim, first South Asian and first African-born leader, as well as the youngest in over a century. Ahead of a…

New York City is expected to experience increasing rainfall over the next few decades, especially during cloudbursts—short, intense rainfall events. When rain falls, light showers can usually be handled by the complex network of sewer pipes that run beneath the city. But during heavy downpours, water can accumulate, posing a…

This afternoon, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s youngest mayor “in generations,” to quote Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s opening remarks at the ceremony. The 34-year-old is also the first South Asian and Muslim to take on the role, which he underscored by taking his oath with two family…

Fans of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani were corralled into barricaded pens with no bathrooms or food at the “block party” for his inauguration on Thursday as New York City mayor. “It’s definitely not a block party,” 30-year-old Astoria resident Danny Mahabir told the New York Post, explaining that he expected food…

On Thursday afternoon in lower Manhattan, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rang in the new year—and his new administration—with a sprawling block party near City Hall. Braving the crackling midwinter cold, tens of thousands of New Yorkers showed up to celebrate—and photographer Poupay Jutharat was right there with them,…

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. The 34-year-old Democrat became mayor in a long-closed subway station beneath City Hall, the…

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…

Please enable cookies. Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access washingtontimes.com Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block…

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…