Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, during his inauguration ceremony. ylie Cooper/ReutersZohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, during his inauguration ceremony. ylie Cooper/ReutersZohran Mamdani promises ‘new era’ for New York City in first speech as mayorMayor says ‘I will govern as a democratic socialist’ at inauguration ceremony featuring AOC and Bernie SandersZohran Mamdani on Thursday vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city and an ambitious start to his term of office. The 34-year-old political star and democratic socialist, who a year ago was a virtually unknown state assemblyman, is the city’s first Muslim mayor, first of south Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa.
