What Zohran Mamdani Is Up Against

December 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani, set to be sworn in as New York City's mayor, will actually be the hundred-and-twelfth mayor, not the hundred-and-eleventh as previously thought. This is due to the discovery of an unrecorded mayoral term from 1674, which alters the historical count of mayors in the city.

Credit: ByEric LachDecember 21, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in on New Year's Day.
Historian Paul Hortenstine discovered a previously unrecorded mayoral term from 1674.
The New York City Department of Records and Information Services confirms Mamdani as the hundred-and-twelfth mayor.
The numbering of New York City mayors has been described as arbitrary and inconsistent.

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What Zohran Mamdani Is Up Against

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What Zohran Mamdani Is Up Against

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