"Zohran Mamdani paused for a moment, after I asked what he thought his inauguration-on January 1, as the 34-year-old, immigrant, Muslim, democratic socialist mayor of the nation's largest city-might tell us about what is possible in American politics. "That it lives," he finally said. "That the days of us constructing an ever-lowering ceiling of possibility must come to an end. That we have to finally usher in an era where the ambition of our vision matches the scale of the crisis in front of us.""
"When we spoke, a few days before his official swearing in by New York Attorney General Letitia James -scheduled to take place at midnight on January 1 in the old, decommissioned City Hall subway station, out of respect for what the incoming mayor calls "a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples' lives"-Mamdani reflected on the deeper roots of his political evolution."
Zohran Mamdani will be inaugurated on January 1 as mayor of the nation's largest city at midnight in the decommissioned City Hall subway station. He is a 34-year-old immigrant Muslim democratic socialist whose rapid political rise began a little over a year ago as a relatively unknown State Assembly member from Queens. His campaign and election have inspired progressive candidates nationally and internationally. He has met with leading members of Congress and with Donald Trump. His mayoralty will confront significant urban challenges and will test the limits and possibilities of 21st-century city governance.
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