Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will swear in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor in a public ceremony on Jan. 1, 2026, a person familiar with the plan confirmed.
Mamdani could pick any official authorized to notarize a legal document to swear him in as New York City’s next mayor, and he chose Sanders, an independent who identifies as a democratic socialist and who endorsed and campaigned with the mayor-elect.
Sanders administered former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) oath of office at the start of his second term in January 2018.
Sanders praised Mamdani for running an “inspirational” campaign and being a “visionary” leader when he endorsed him in June.
Mamdani ran on a platform of making New York more affordable for its more than 8 million residents.
He has proposed city-owned grocery stores to bring down food prices, freezing rents on nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments and making New York City’s buses free.
His term officially begins at 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
Mamdani defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) last month with 50.8 percent of the vote compared to Cuomo’s 41.3 percent.
More than 1.1 million New Yorkers voted for Mamdani, who became the first mayoral candidate to win more than 1 million votes across the Big Apple since 1969.
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