Mayors

• The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech - New York’s new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account.
• How to Watch Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration as New York Mayor - New York City’s new mayor was officially sworn in just after midnight on Thursday. A second public event will take place this afternoon.
• On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle - Mayor Eric Adams had one public appearance on his schedule, but that didn’t stop him from naming a third charter commission in the last hours of his administration.
• Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools - The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.
• Mamdani Will Be First N.Y.C. Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In - Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, will use two family Qurans and one that belonged to the writer Arturo Schomburg at his two swearing-in ceremonies.
• Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor - The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan, could help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani craft his schools agenda.
• Mamdani Inauguration to Usher in ‘New Era’ With Broadway Block Party - Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s new mayor on Jan. 1, alongside a party spanning seven blocks that will accommodate 40,000 spectators, his transition team said.
• Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out - Interviewed as he prepares to leave office, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
• The Mayor-Elect of New Orleans Is Already Awash in Challenges - A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.