AdvertisementThen he visited an apartment building in Brooklyn to announce he is revitalizing a city office dedicated to protecting tenants and creating two task forces focused on housing construction. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 01: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji smile as confetti falls after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall Thursday January 1, 2026 in New York, NY. The invocation was given by Imam Khalid Latif, the director of the Islamic Center of New York City. Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, speaks during an inauguration ceremony for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at City Hall in New York, US, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. His family moved to New York City when he was 7, with Mamdani growing up in a post-9/11 city where Muslims didn’t always feel welcome.

Source: Huffington Post January 01, 2026 19:07 UTC