New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration will feature Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the two most prominent leaders of the progressive movement. Mamdani, who will be publicly sworn in at a City Hall inauguration ceremony on New Year’s Day, will be introduced by fellow New Yorker Ocasio-Cortez, his transition team told CNN. Sanders will administer Mamdani’s oath of office during the City Hall ceremony.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, will technically take office at midnight on New Year’s Day. As thousands of revelers usher in the new year in Times Square, Mamdani and his family will be in Lower Manhattan where a private swearing-in ceremony is expected to take place at an old, now defunct subway station underneath City Hall Plaza.
0:00 CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten runs the numbers on Zohran Mamdani’s approval ratings among New Yorkers
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3:57 CNN’s Omar Jimenez asks former George W. Bush White House spokesman Pete Seat about the politics of Mamdani’s election
5:17 Omar Jimenez asks CNN political commentator Karen Finney about the unity of the Democratic Party
7:22 CNN’s Sara Sidner asks Axios senior contributor Margaret Talev about Mamdani’s campaign promises
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